Course: Advanced Electroanalytical Chemistry

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Course title Advanced Electroanalytical Chemistry
Course code KALCH/C793
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Švancara Ivan, prof. Ing. Dr.
  • Mikysek Tomáš, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Electrochemistry and electroanalysis: General part 1) Basic terms and definitions: Electrochemistry versus electroanalysis. 2) Principles of currentless measurements: Potentiometry. 3) Principles of measurement during the passage of current: Reactions associated with the exchange of electrons, generation of current in electrochemical measurements. "I-E" curves. 4) Classic (Heyrovsky) polarography: Basic definition, principles and use. 5) Voltammetry, LSV (or DC) and CV techniques. 6) Voltammetry, DPV, AC and SWV. 7) Other techniques, part I: Coulometry and electrogravimetry. 8) Other techniques, part II: amperometry and conductometry. 9) Electrodes for electrochemical currentless measurements. 10) Electrodes for electrochemical measurements with the current flow. Electrochemistry and electroanalysis: Selected topics 11) Electrochemical stripping analysis (ESA): Stripping voltammetry: ASV, CSV, AdSV techniques and their combination with DPV and SWV. Stripping potentiometry and its variants. Examples of use in electroanalysis. 12) Solid phase electrochemistry (SPE or SPV), electrography, SPV, AbV and measurement with CPEE. 13) Molecular electrochemistry: Study of organic and biologically important substances). 14) Electroanalysis with carbon paste electrodes. 15) (Eco)electroanalysis with electrodes based on bismuth (types BiE and BiFE), comparison with DMe, HMDE, and MFE. 16) Environmental analysis. 17) Electrochemical biosensors. 18) Electrochemical detection in K. Fischer's method (for determination of water). 19a) Food (electro)analysis. 19b) Electrochemical measurements in pharmaceutical and clinical analysis. 20) Overlaps of electrochemistry into other disciplines: Corrosion processes, batteries, fuel cells, conductive polymers. Industrial electrolysis. (Electro)separation on membranes, electrodialysis.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
Introduction of students into the physico-chemical background of electrical phenomena and related processes at phase interfaces, with an emphasis on analytical use in currentless measurements and experiments with the current flow. The subject reflects all modern trends, such as biosensors, environmental, eco- and green analysis, as well as food and pharmaceutical analyses.
Graduates of the course will gain an overview on modern methods of electroanalytical chemistry, including information on the latest research results achieved by the Electroanalytical group of the Department of Analytical Chemistry as a part of specialized teaching or when solving research projects.
Prerequisites
It is expected that the student has passed through basic lectures on instrumental analytical chemistry of which electroanalysis is an integral part.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

It is expected that the student has passed through basic lectures on instrumental analysis; written test - 30% of exam, oral examination - 70% of exam
Recommended literature
  • Barek J. a kol. Elektroanalytická chemie. Praha. 2005.
  • Mikysek T. a kol. Elektroanalýza: Vybrané kapitoly a problémy, e-text. Pardubice. 2022.
  • Švancara I. Elektroanalýza: Vybrané kapitoly. Oficiální učební text, e-skripta. Pardubice. 2019.
  • Tockstein A. Elektrochemie: Vybrané kapitoly. Pardubice. 1984.
  • Vytřas K. Kapitoly ze současné potenciometrie. Praha. 1997.
  • Wang J. Analytical Electrochemistry. New York. 2000.


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