KJM4110 – Electrochemistry

After completing the course, you:

• can identify, define, and classify electrochemical reactions and the components involved - electrolyte, electrodes, and interfaces.
• can describe and use the theory for the physical basis of driving forces, mechanisms and kinetics of electrochemical reactions.
• can describe the structure and properties of the interface between electrolyte and metallic and semiconducting electrodes as well as insulators.
• can perform electrochemical experiments with different types of cells and instrumentation (potentiostat and impedance spectrometer).
• can explain electrochemical applications of importance in today's society and industry, especially related to sustainability, the environment and climate.
• can define, explore and write a report on an electrochemical challenge/problem.

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

This course has maximum 20 places due to laboratory teaching.

The following will be given precedence:

1. Students at the following master programmes: "Materials Science for Energy and Nanotechnology " and master program "Chemistry"
2. Students who are admitted at other Master's degree programmes that have the subject in their approved study plan
3. Other students who cover the recommended previous knowledge or equivalent.

Before you can attend the mandatory laboratory courses, you have to have passed the following courses:

• HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety
• HMS0505 – Electricity Safety

The course runs the whole semester with six hours of classes each week. In addition, there is a mandatory laboratory course. The course consists of:

• 4 hours of lectures each week
• 2 hours colloquium each week
• 4 days of laboratory course
• 1 mandatory study report of at least 10 pages on a selected issue from the curriculum or related to your own MSc thesis, with guidance/feedback and a short presentation for the course or other suitable audience.

The laboratory course must be approved prior to the final examination.

A completed and approved laboratory course is valid for six semesters beyond the semester it was approved.

You will need to provide documentation that you have passed HMS0503 and HMS0505 when you attend the first mandatory lab.

It is mandatory to attend the first lecture (including students on the waiting list). If you are unable to attend the first lecture, you must notify the Department of Chemistry before the start of the lecture/exercise. Otherwise, your course registration will be canceled.

Attendance at the laboratory course is mandatory. If you are prevented from meeting, you have to show documentation that you were legally absent (medical note from a doctor or similar).

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

• Final written exam, 4 hours, which counts 100% towards the final grade.

This course has mandatory exercises that must be approved before you can take the final exam.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following course KJM3110 – Electrochemistry

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.