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Electrochemistry Course Outline

This document outlines an electrochemistry course offered at Jimma University. The course covers topics like the electrical double layer, electrode kinetics, electrocrystallization, and applied electrochemistry. The course is divided into 5 sections that will be taught through lectures, demonstrations, assignments, discussions and questions. Assessment includes tests, assignments, and a final exam. References materials listed at the end include textbooks on topics like surface chemistry, adsorption, and various guides to electrochemical methods and fundamentals.

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Electrochemistry Course Outline

This document outlines an electrochemistry course offered at Jimma University. The course covers topics like the electrical double layer, electrode kinetics, electrocrystallization, and applied electrochemistry. The course is divided into 5 sections that will be taught through lectures, demonstrations, assignments, discussions and questions. Assessment includes tests, assignments, and a final exam. References materials listed at the end include textbooks on topics like surface chemistry, adsorption, and various guides to electrochemical methods and fundamentals.

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Jimma University, College of Natural and Computational Science Department of

Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Stream


Course Title: Electrochemistry (Chem 576, 3 Cr. hrs)
Course Description
Electrical double Layer, electrode kinetics, electro crystallization, applied electrochemistry
Course Outline:
1. Introduction
 Basic concept in electrochemistry
2. Electrical Double Layer
 Thermodynamics of the double layer,
 Electrocapillary phenomena; Adsorption, Ionic and organic molecules, Adsorption
isotherms- Langmuir, Frumkin, Temkin;
 Experimental evaluation of surface excesses and Electrical parameters,
 Structure of electrified Interfaces - Gouy-Chapman, Stern, Graham-Devanathan-
Mottwatts, Tobin, Bockris, Devanathan models.
 Adsorption at the ideal polarized electrode
3. Electrode Kinetics
 Over potentials,
 Exchange current density
 Derivation of Butler-Volmer equation and its implications
 Tafel plot
 Multistep electrode reactions
 Determination of multistep electrode reactions,
 Mass transfer by diffusion.
 Electrode reactions involving more than one step
 Double layer effects on electrode kinetics
 Kinetics of reactions involving specific adsorption of reactants intermediates
 Electro catalysis.
4. Electro crystallization
 Electro growth of metals on electrode-Nucleation and Growth
 Surface diffusion,
 Under potential deposition,
 Varity of shapes formed in Electro deposition.

5. Applied Electrochemistry
 Cyclic Voltammetry
 Galvanostatic and Potentiostatic methods
 Impedance
 Corrosion:
 Conversion and Storage of Electrochemical Energy: Batteries super capacitor and
Fuel cells.
 Industrial Electrochemistry:
 Inorganic electrolytic processes
 Organic electro synthesis
 Other industrial electrochemical processes.
 Bio electrochemistry:
 Ion transport across membranes – Nernst–Planck equation
 Liquid Junction Potentials and concentration cells
 Donnan Membrane equilibrium
Instructions:
Lecture, Lecture-demonstration, assignment, inquiry, discussion methods and questioning
techniques
Assessment Strategy
Written exams and assignments
 Tests/quizzes
 Assignments
 Final exam
References materials:
1. Surface chemistry-Theory and applications, J. J. Biker man, Academic press, New York
1972.
2. Adsorption, surface area and porosity – S. J. Gregg and K. S. W. Sing, Academic Press
Ltd., London 1967.
3. Adsorption, J. Oscik, John Wiley and Sons. New York.
4. Bard &. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, Second
Edition
5. Brett & Brett, Electrochemistry: Principles, Methods and Applications, 1993
6. L.I. Antropov, Theoretical Electrochemistry,
7. Bockris& Reddy, Modern Electrochemistry. Vol. I, 2A, 2B
8. Milan Paunovic and Mordechay Schlesinger, Fundamentals of Electrochemical
Deposition, 2nd Edition 2006.
9. Physical chemistry of surfaces- A. W. Adamson, Inter science publishers Inc New York,
1967.
10. J.O.M. Bockris and A.K.N. Reddy, Modern Electrochemistry, Volumes 1 & 2, Plenum
Press, New York. 1988.
11. S. Glass tone, Electrochemistry, Affiliated East-West Press, Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi, 1974.
12. C.Hamann, A. Hamnett and W. Vielstich, Electrochemistry, Wiley, 2007

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