Physical Chemistry Ii

Goals
Introduction to the structure of matter: quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure and deriving properties. Fundamentals of Electrochemistry: thermodynamic and kinetics. Primary and secondary cells and batteries. Electrolytic Processes.

Acquired skills
The student will learn physical-chemistry basic concepts on the structure of matter at atomic and molecular level, by means of quantum mechanics. In parallel, she/he will acquire the fundamentals of electrochemistry and of the relevant devices and industrial processes.

Course content
Electrochemistry:
Thermodynamics of electrochemical cells: Energy of electrochemical cell reactions. Primary and secondary Cells. Electrode potentials. Electrolyte solutions. Pourbaix Diagrams.
Kinetics of electrochemical reactions: Phoenomena at the interfaces. Electron and charge transfers. Transport of mass and charge
Molecular and Atomic Structure:
- wave-particle duality; the Schroedinger equation; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; the uncertainty principle
- a particle in a box, quantum mechanical tunnelling; energy levels, wavefunctions
- Atomic structure: hydrogenic atoms; many-electron atoms
- Molecular structure: Valence Bond and Molecular Orbital theories
Molecular Spectrosopy: Radiation-matter interactions. Rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy
Non-laboratory exercises dedicated to in-depth analysis and exemplification of all the course topics.


Suggested prerequisites
none

Reference material
- Donald A. McQuarrie, "Quantum Chemistry", University Science Books, 2008
- Christopher M. A. Brett, Ana Maria Oliveira Brett, "Electrochemistry: Principles, Methods, and Applications", Oxford University Press, 1994
- Allen J. Bard, Larry R. Faulkner, "Electrochemical Methods. Fundamentals and Applications", 2001, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition
- Materiale distribuito dal docente (sito Ariel)

Website
http://srondininicf2.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v3/home/Default.aspx