D0011 - MATERIALI INORGANICI (3 CFU)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student can correlate the structure of inorganic materials with their chemical and physical properties. Specifically, they acquire knowledge about specific categories of materials such as hydrides, borides, carbides, nitrides, and oxides, learning about their general synthesis methods and some significant and innovative applications, as well as the possible environmental impacts of their use.

Course contents

Preparation methods of nanostructured inorganic materials

• ceramic methods
• sintering
• chemical vapor deposition
• intercalation
• glasses and melts
• sol-gel processes
• porous materials

Doping with photo- and electroactive species.

Application of inorganic materials in the energy sector as catalysts, electrodes, or membranes.

Laboratory: preparation and characterization of two photo- and electroactive nanostructured oxides.

Readings/Bibliography

Schubert, U. and Hüsing, N. (2012) Synthesis of Inorganic Materials, 3rd edn, VCH-Wiley Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, ISBN 3-527-32714-1.

Heterogeneous Catalysts: Advanced Design, Characterization and ApplicationsEditor(s): Wey Yang Teoh, Atsushi Urakawa, Yun Hau Ng, Patrick Sit (2021) Print ISBN:9783527344154 |Online ISBN:9783527813599 |DOI:10.1002/9783527813599

Teaching methods

Lectures are delivered face-to-face and use both slides (as visual aids) and a whiteboard (traditional or electronic) for demonstrations and examples.

Laboratories include wet-lab activities (synthesis using sol-gel methods) and analysis using photochemical characterization instruments.

Assessment methods

Final assessment takes place with an oral examination concerning both the laboratory reports and the content of theoretical classes.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

With regard to assessment, the use of AI is prohibited. Any use constitutes a violation of academic integrity.

Teaching tools

Blackboard (traditional or electronic) and video projector.

Office hours

See the website of Damiano Genovese