KJM9120 – Defect Chemistry and Reactions

Course content

The course provides an introduction to defects and transport in crystalline materials, central to those taking a degree or planning research or work within solid-state electrochemistry. It can also provide a useful supplement in other areas of materials science, such as inorganic materials chemistry, structural physics, and semiconductor physics.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you:

• are familiar with different defect types and transport mechanisms in crystalline materials
• can, in simple cases, deduce how defect concentrations and transport parameters vary as a function of the surrounding atmosphere, temperature, and doping.
• understand the role of defect-related transport in important applications and processes, and can deduce this mathematically in simple cases.
• know the basic principles of electrochemical transport and can use the knowledge to analyse processes in fuel cells and membranes and under solid-state reactions, sintering, and corrosion.

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

Recommended previous knowledge

MENA1001 – Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology, KJM1121 – Inorganic Chemistry, KJM-MENA3300 – Physical Chemistry III - Macromolecules, Condensed Phases and Dynamics (continued), KJM-MENA5110 – Inorganic Structure Chemistry and MAT1100 – Calculus, or similar courses.

Overlapping courses

• 10 credits overlap with KJM5120 – Defect Chemistry and Reactions.

Teaching

The teaching period is one semester, and the course comprises of:

• 30 hours of lectures
• 15 hours of exercises.

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, otherwise your course registration will be cancelled.

Examination

• Final oral exam which counts 100% towards the final grade.

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 courses: KJM5120 – Defect Chemistry and Reactions.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

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

New examinations are offered at the beginning of the next semester for students who do not successfully complete the exam during the previous semester.

We do not offer a re-scheduled exam for students who withdraw during the exam

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.