Course Description :
The course will contain the following: Introduction to chemical reac-tions, rate laws, the rate of chemical reactions, thermochemistry, stand-ard enthalpy of formation, standard enthalpy changes, the temperature dependence of reaction enthalpies, spontaneous chemical reaction. Combustion kinetics, fuel characteristics and properties, combustion thermodynamics, heat of reaction, calorific value, adiabatic flame tem-perature, combustion kinetics, reaction mechanism, pathways, rate con-stants, activation energy, diffusion flame, mixed flame, flame velocity, formation of pollutants, electrochemical processes, thermodynamics of electrochemical systems, mass transfer process, kinetics of electro-chemical reactions, multi-step electrode reaction, some aspects of elec-trochemical kinetics, charge transfer, Impact on energy technology, ca-talysis, processes at solid surfaces, surface growth, surface composi-tion, physisorption and chemisorption, adsorption isotherm, heteroge-neous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, catalytic ac-tivity, impact on energy technology, polymer materials for energy appli-cation, macromolecules, conducting polymers, impact on solar cells, batteries, and other storage device.
