Synthesis and Applications of Inorganic Materials

A.Y. 2024/2025
6
Max ECTS
48
Overall hours
SSD
CHIM/03
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
To study syntheses, application and characterization of the main inorganic materials is the aim of this course.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will know the main synthetic methods for single crystal, polycrystalline materials and thin films and the principal application of inorganic materials.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
- Introduction to inorganic materials.
- Basic principles of the solid state. Various structures. Various kinds of solids.
- The electronic structure of solids. Insulators, metals, semiconductors and superconductors.
- Synthetic methodologies for inorganic materials. Synthesis of crystals, polycrystalline materials, thin films and fibres. Intercalated compounds.
- Defects in crystals.
- Alloys, in particular steels and cast irons.
- Inorganic oxides, in particular silica and alumina. Surface mediated synthesis.
- Silicon carbide and silicon nitride.
- Carbon allotropes, in particular fullerene.
- Elemental silicon and photovoltaic cells, in particular third generation solar cells (Graetzel solar cells and bulk-heterojunction solar cells).
- Materials for non-linear optics.
- Materials for luminescent devices.
- Optical fibres.
Prerequisites for admission
Basic principles of the periodic table, of the chemical bonds and of the solid state.
No course is a prerequisite
Teaching methods
Lectures
Teaching Resources
- material provided (My Ariel website)
- "Inorganic Chemistry", Shriver, Atkins.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will take place as a written in-person exam. The exam will have five open questions relating to the main topics of the course, each question will have the same weight, in terms of grade.
CHIM/03 - GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor: Dragonetti Claudia
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Dragonetti Claudia
Professor(s)
Reception:
Tuesday 10:30-12:30
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