Electrochemical Sensors and Supercapacitors is a course that introduces two important applications of electrochemical science: chemical and electrochemical sensing and electrochemical energy storage. The course explores how electrochemical principles, interfaces, and materials can be used either to convert chemical information into measurable signals or to store and deliver electrical energy.
The first part of the course focuses on chemical sensors and electrochemical sensors. It covers the fundamental concepts of sensing, recognition, transduction, measurement chains, and sensor performance. Students will study the main types of electrochemical sensors and their operating principles, including potentiometric, amperometric, voltammetric, and conductometric sensors. Particular attention is given to the role of the electrode–electrolyte interface and to the use of advanced materials such as nanoparticles, metal oxides, graphene-based materials, porous carbons, conducting polymers, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and MXenes in sensor development.
The second part of the course deals with supercapacitors, focusing on the principles of electrochemical energy storage and the mechanisms responsible for charge storage. Students will examine electrical double-layer capacitance, pseudocapacitance, and hybrid charge-storage mechanisms, as well as the influence of electrode materials, electrolytes, separators, and current collectors on device performance. Different classes of electrode materials, including carbon-based materials, transition-metal oxides, and conducting polymers, will be discussed.
- Créateur de cours: rayane loughlani