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Course description:
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Selected aspects of modern applied electrochemistry. Corrosion : stability of metals, Pourbaix diagrams, Evans diagrams, mechanisms of corrosion, type of corrosion, methods of investigations, inhibitors, passivation, other methods of protection. Electrocatalysis: differences between simple electrochemical reactions and electrocatalytic reactions, examples of electrocatalytic reactions and their significance, types of catalyst, application of catalysts in fuel cells. Bioelectrocatalysis. Electrodeposition: mechanisms of nucleation and growth 2DI, 2DP,3DI,3DP, UP-deposition, factors influencing electrodeposition, method of investigation, catalytic properties of upd deposits. Electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry of semiconductors: differences between metal and semiconductor electrodes (SC), kinetics at SC electrode, factors influencing photocurrent, photopotential, corrosion, photocorrosion of SC electrode , protection against photocorrosion, photovoltaic cells, photoelectrolytic cell, solar cells - water decomposition. Electrochemical devices. Nanoelectrochemistry in nanotechnology.
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