APPLIED ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Analytical Chemistry

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PILO Maria Itria

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis is required.

AF code:

A002076

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The evaluation consists of establishing the acquired knowledge on the basis of the defined educational objectives.
The exam is a presentation and discussion of a literature paper on the topics covered during the lectures and the laboratory activities.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide an updated overview of the controlled-potential electroanalytical techniques, and of their applications, in particular to the synthesis and characterization of electrogenerated conducting polymers. At the end of the course students will have gained skills related to: 1) general aspects and applications of the principal controlled-potential electroanalytical techniques, 2) the main features of conducting polymers, and their electrochemical synthesis and characterization.

Contents

Electrochemical cells, polarization, overpotential, iR drop, electrochemical devices, two- and three-electrodes circuitation, reversibility in electrode processes, mass transfer to the electrode. Cronoamperometry, polarography, voltammetry, stripping methods.
Conducting Polymers: theory of conductivity; conduction mechanism; poly(acetylene), poly(pyrrole), poly(thiophene). Electrochemical synthesis. Applications (LEDs, solar cells, biosensors).

Recommended Bibliography

1. A.J. Bard, L.R. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods. Fundamentals and Applications. John Wiley&Sons, 2nd ed, 2001
2. Electroanalytical Methods. Guide to Experiments and Applications. F. Scholz (Ed.), 2nd revised and extended version, 2010, Springer
3. R. Kellner, J.-M. Mermet, M. Otto, H.M. Widmar, Analytical Chemistry, Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 1998
4. Skoog-Holler-Crouch: Principles of Instrumental Analysis, VI ed., 2007, Thomson Brooks/Cole
5. Cozzi, Protti, Ruaro. Elementi di analisi chimica strumentale. Zanichelli, seconda edizione (libro scaricabile), 2013 (available only in Italian language)
6. Conjugated Polymers. Theory, Synthesis, Properties and Characterization. Edited by T.A. Skotheim and J.R. Reynolds. CRC Press, Taylor&Francis Group, 2007
7. Papers concerning specific topics published in international scientific journals
8. Power point presentations used in the face-to-face lessons

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The learning unit includes the main potential-controlled analytical techniques and their applications, especially regarding electrogenerated conducting polymers. Laboratory experiments will also carried out in order to allow students to learn and experience fundamental topics in this field.

Contacts/More Information

1. Readiness to offer individual assistance also in English language for incoming students;
2. Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in English language for Erasmus students;
3. Readiness to accept examination of incoming students in English language.

General information and rules are reported on the document "Manifesto degli Studi" (https://dcf.uniss.it/it/didattica/corsi-di-studio/scienze-chimiche-0).

Other courses

Course year: 1

ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ADVANCED MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Caratterizzante
ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Caratterizzante
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
APPLIED ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SPECTROSCOPY AND STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
GREEN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MATERIALI E PROCESSI PER BATTERIE DI NUOVA GENERAZIONE
4 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
4 credits - Altro

Course year: 2

FINAL TEST
40 credits
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
ELEMENTS OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND ANALYSIS OF POLLUTING SYSTEMS
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
LABORATORY OF MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MATERIALI E PROCESSI PER BATTERIE DI NUOVA GENERAZIONE
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY IN CULTURAL HERITAGE
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
METALS IN MEDICINE
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
PHYSICAL METHODS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGES
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa
STUDENT OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
8 credits - A scelta dello studente
TRAINING
2 credits - Altro

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