Course catalogue
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Academic Programme
Implemented from September 2025
Electrochemical Technology (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Experimental methods on innovative research infrastructures - 5 ECTS
- Digital Micro-certification "The challenges of sustainable chemistry" - 10h
- Transferable skills : French language & interculturality (3 ECTS)
- Quantum mechanics towars quantum computing (5 ECTS)
- Winter school in Data Science (2 ECTS)
- Organic / Inorganic chemistry towards sustainability (5 ECTS)
- Kinetics and Electrochemistry (5 ECTS)
- Introduction to biophysics and microscopies for life science (5 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Luminescence spectroscopy of Lanthanides (3 ECTS)
- Summer School in Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Polish course (3 ECTS)
- The molecules of life: from structure to chemical function (5 ECTS)
- Thermodynamics and soft matter (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to solid state (5 ECTS)
- Tech-infused perspectives on photochemical reaction dynamics (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Portuguese course (3 ECTS)
- Summer School in Entrepreneurship (5 ECTS)
- Solid State Physics (5 ECTS)
- Molecular Energetics (3 ECTS)
- Laboratory of Materials and Surface Analysis (5 ECTS)
- Interfacial Electrochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Interfaces, Colloids and Self-Assembly (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- 1-year research project - master thesis (equivalent 45 ECTS)
- Progress assessment of the research project (equivalent 6 ECTS)
- Weekly seminars (equivalent 4 ECTS)
- Special Topics in Chemistry (equivalent 5 ECTS)
- French language courses (3 ECTS)
- Nanosciences (6 ECTS)
- Medical applications of nanomaterials and radiations (6 ECTS)
- Top management, corporate law, and project writing for technology transfer and decision making (4 ECTS)
- Tracking ultrafast radiation-induced reactivity (3 ECTS)
- Applications for renewable energy and storage: solar fuels, batteries and hydrogen (6 ECTS) (6 ECTS)
- Scientific Writing and career objectives (2 ECTS)
- Surface Science and Nanostructuring at Surfaces (6 ECTS)
- Polymers for electronics and energy harvesting (5 ECTS)
- Electrochemical systems for fuel and electrolysis cells and batteries (6 ECTS)
- Project-based laboratory on device building (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Chemistry and Technology of Catalysis (5 ECTS)
Content
- Economic importance of electrochemical industry
- Corrosion prevention and control
- The chlor-alkali industry
- Aluminium extraction
- Electrodeposition
- Selective membranes
- Electrochemical purification of water
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Batteries and fuel cells
Aims
Detailed analysis of several industrial electrochemical processes, relating the technology with the fundamental principles. Discussion of the role of electrochemical technology in industry, emphasizing that the applications, though diverse, all are based on the same principles of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering.
Recommended Books
- Scott, K. (2017). Sustainable and Green Electrochemical Science and Technology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119972440.
- Alan C. West, A. C., (2012), Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering: An Introduction, Createspace. ISBN: 978-1470076047.
- Oldham, K. B.; Bond, A. M.; Myland, J. C. (2011). Electrochemical science and technology: fundamentals and applications, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-119-96599-2.
- McCafferty, E. (2010), Introduction to corrosion science, Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4419-0454-6.
- Gamburg, Y. D. (2011). Theory and practice of metal electrodeposition, Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4419-9668-8.
- Schlesinger, M.; Paunovic, M.; Eds. (2010). Modern Eletroplating, 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-470-16778-6.
- MacFarlane, D.; Endres, F.; Abbott, A. (2008). Electrodeposition from ionic liquids, Wiley-VCH. ISBN: 978-3-527-31565-9.
- Pletcher, D., Walsh, F. C. (1993), Industrial Electrochemistry, 2nd Ed., Springer. ISBN 978-0-7514-0148-6.
Teaching Staff
Maria João Sottomayor (responsible)
Carlos Pereira
Hours
42 h (14h lectures + 14 Problem-solving + 14h Practicals)
Grading System
The teaching of this course takes place through lectures, theoretical-practical classes and laboratory sessions. The lectures are detailed exposition of the content of the program, illustrated by study cases. Some topics will be discussed in the form of seminars prepared by the students. The practical classes are dedicated to the resolution of exercises and apply the concepts covered on lectures. In the laboratory sessions, the students carry out experimental work illustrative of the themes developed in the lectures, whose results and main conclusions are presented in written reports.
The final grade (FG) is calculated according to:
FG = 0.50 x NT + 0.25 x NTP + 0.25 x NP
where
NT = average of the marks obtained on the tests
NTP = average of the marks obtained on written assignments and oral presentations
NP = average of the marks on the laboratory experiments (practical performance + reports)
The tests can be replaced by a final exam.