Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
CHIM/02 (PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMESTRY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2021 - 18/06/2021)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
It is the aim of the course to guide the student to understand the properties that are at the basis of some selected solid state devices, and to discuss the relations between these properties and the underlying electronic and structural features of the constituent materials.
Course contents
The course describes the basic principles of selected types of solid-state devices, as well as their constituent materials.
These include: a) gas sensors (electrochemical sensors and semiconductor-based sensors), b)
photovoltaic cells (semiconductor-based cells, polymeric cells, Graetzel cells), c) thermoelectric materials, d) superconductors, f) fuel cells.
According to the previous background of the students, the course can include a short introduction
to basic topics (band structure of solids, point defects and solid electrolytes, electrode processes, simple and coupled transport processes, an outline of magnetism).
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
There is not a standard textbook.
The lecture slides are available to the students. The teachers provide references to the relevant review papers of the current scientific literature.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Further information
Oral exam.
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