TEACHING

 LECTURES

I. MaterialS: Synthesis, Properties, Applications ( 30 h/semester, 2ECTS)

Conducting polymers : Types of conducting polymers, mechanisms of conductivity, doping methods. Methods of synthesis and mechanisms of polymerization. Application of electrochemical and spectroscopic methods in investigations of polymerization and properties of conducting polymers. Determination of structure and morphology by using microscopic methods. Applications of conducting polymers. Conducting polymer nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications. Hybrid systems (metallic, semiconductor nanoparticles-biomaterials) synthesis, properties. ( prof. Krystyna Jackowska )

Carbon nanostructures : (fullerenes and carbon nanotubes); discovery and production techniques: high-temperature (laser, RF and DC plasma, electric arc), combustion, catalytic, functionalization, etc. Characteristics of fullerenes and nanotubes: structure and morphology, functionalization approaches, physical and chemical properties. Prototype and perspective applications of carbon nanostructures: pharmacology and medicine, materials engineering, photooptics, catalysis, tribology, nanoelectronics, microscopy, etc. Synthesis, characteristics, and perspective applications of other carbon nanostructures (onions, encapsulates, peapods, horns, etc.).( D.Sc. Andrzej Huczko)

II. Applied Electrochemistry (30h/semester, 3ECTS) 

 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.

ALUMNI/STUDENTS

Justyna Widera, Ph.D. in 2000
Thesis: Influence of electropolimerization conditions on redox properties of poli (2-methoksyaniline)

Anna Frydrychewicz, Ph.D. in 2003
Temat: Electrochemical properties of Reticulated Vitrous Carbon electrode modiefied with polyaniline and palladium

Magdalena Tagowska, Ph.D. in 2005
Thesis: Influence of synthesis conditions on morphology, redox properties of polyaniline and poly(1,8-diaminonaphtalene) nanostructures.

Aleksander Bieguński, Ph.D. in 2007
Thesis: Poly(indole- 5 carboxylic acid) polymer electrode. Electrochemical characterization and application in electrooxidation of catechol and dopamine.

19 graduates with MSc., (1993-2008)

Last M.Sc. topics :

1. Electrochemical preparation of conducting polymer and copolymer containing carboxylic groups. The study of redox properties.

2. Synthesis and characterization of hybrid structures based on cadmium selenide and polymer

3. Electrodeposition of cadmium on glassy carbon and polyindole electrodes.