| Upon completion of the course they will be able to
• build a reference electrode. (k2, k3, k6)
• understand and characterize a light emitting diode. (k1, k2, k3)
• controllably grow an anodic oxide layer on a valve metal. (k2, k3, k5)
• understand the basics of corrosion and perform corrosion characterization of metallic alloys. (k1, k2, k3, k5)
• electrochemically refine Cu. (k2, k3, k4, k5)
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The course is divided into five consecutive sections addressing the following investigative parts:
• Ag/AgCl reference electrode – electrodeposition from solution and stability mesaurements
• p-n junction basics – band gap measurement of various LEDs
• high field regime of oxide growth – evaluation of oxide field formation factor and dielectric constant of the anodic oxide
• corrosion and passivity – analysis of corrosion potentials
• Faraday’s law of mass-to-charge conversion – evaluation of current efficiencies
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