course:

Development of Materials with Functional Properties for Energy and Environmental Technologies

type:

lecture + lab course

lecturer:

Thangadurai

Semester:

WS

hours per week:

2

ECTS credits:

2,5

content:

The course gives an intensive description of various synthesis methods of functional solid state material, which includes ionic and mixed conductors. Emphasis is given to design functional materials based on composition-structure-property correlations.

Tentative Contents:
1. Classification of Solids
2. Diffusion: Aspects of Solid-Solid Reactions
3. Solid State Synthetic techniques
Conventional Ceramic Method Low-temperature Precursor Routes, Solvation, Transport and Rapid Reaction Routes Chemie Douce (intercalation and ion-exchange) Molten salt fluxes and hydrothermal synthesis High Pressure Methods and Solid state metathesis reactions
4. Solid state characterization methods: Powder XRD, Electron diffraction, TGA and DTA analysis, DC and AC conductivity measurements, Galvanic cell measurements, transport number determination and spectroscopic methods.

Literature:

1. West, A. R.: Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, John Wiley & Sons. New York.
2. Rao, C. N. R. and Gopalakrishnan, J.; New Directions in Solid State Chemistry, Cambridge University Press, London.
3. Rouxel, J. and Tournoux, M.: Chimie Douce with Solid Precursors, Past and Present" Solid State Ionics 84, 141-149 (1996).
4. Roy, R.: Accelerating the kinetics of low-temperature inorganic syntheses, J. Solid State Chem. 111, 11-17 (1994).
5. Manthiram, A.: Low temperature synthesis of insertion oxides for lithium batteries, Chem. Mater. 10, 2895-2909 (1998).
    

Recommended:

Master 3^rd semester

Examination:

oral