Theory of electrocatalytic processes
Examination issues:
Kinetics of electrode processes: faradaic and non-faradaic processes
Fundamental aspects of electron transfer processes.
Oxidation and reduction processes.
Machanisms of outersphere electron transfer.
Fundamental aspects of electrode reactions.
Kinetics of heterogenic electron transfer. Adsorption phenomena. Mass transport processes.
Chemical catalysis and redox catalysis.
Fundamental aspects of electrosynthesis: electrode materials, reference electrodes, solvents, supporting electrolytes, electrochemical cells.
Homogenic redox catalysis.
Use and application of mediators in electrosynthesis.
Electrocatalysis on chemically modified electrodes.
Methods of electrochemical processes investigation