88377 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Docente: Luca Muccioli
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: CHIM/02
  • Language: English
  • Moduli: Luca Muccioli (Modulo 1) Ivan Rivalta (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Low Carbon Technologies and Sustainable Chemistry (cod. 9246)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be provided with an overview of the chemistry and physics of materials and the structure-properties relationships with a focus on sustainable energy applications. The student will be aware of the transport mechanisms in bodies and materials of the most important aspects in energy and environmental applications. The student will know the main characterization methods.

Course contents

The course is constituted in different standalone monographs, concerning:

- chemical kinetics in gas phase and in solution

- physical chemistry and characterization of surfaces

- physical chemistry of polyelectrolytes and ionic liquids

- physics of organic semiconductors and devices

- photochemistry and photophysics

- computational chemistry applied to physical chemistry problems + laboratory

 

Prerequisites:  classical thermodynamics, electrostatics, calculus, basic concepts of quantum chemistry

Readings/Bibliography

E. A Irene, "Surfaces, Interfaces, and Films for Microelectronics",Wiley 2008

M. R. Wright, "An Introduction to Chemical Kinetics", Wiley 2004

D. R. MacFarlane, M. Kar and J. M. Pringle, "Fundamentals of Ionic Liquids", Wiley 2017

R.A. Robinson, R.H. Stokes "Electrolyte Solutions", Courier Corporation 2002

A. Kohler, H. Bassler "Electronic Processes in Organic Semiconductors" Wiley 2015

C. J. Cramer "Essentials of Computational-Chemistry:Theories and Models" Wiley 2004

Teaching methods

The course mainly consists of class lectures supported by slide projection.

The course includes also some laboratory activities related to some of the topics presented in the lectures.

Assessment methods

Learning assessment is based on oral examination at the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Teaching supports include PowerPoint presentations, and slide projection. Documents and slides shown are made available to students in electronic formats.

The teaching material for the preparation of the final exam is available to students via the web at: [https://iol.unibo.it/].

Practical activities are carried out with the teaching and research laboratories of the Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari".

Office hours

See the website of Luca Muccioli

See the website of Ivan Rivalta

SDGs

Affordable and clean energy Sustainable cities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.