Classification of pollutants. Environmental media and pollutant transport. Current methods for pollutant analyses.  Current methods for pollutant detection and treatment. The concept of Environmental Electrochemistry. Electroanalytical techniques. Electrochemistry of inorganic and organic pollutants. Electrolysis and electrodeposition. Design of electrochemical reactors. Photoemission at metal electrodes. Electrokinetic phenomena and electrochemical remediation. Direct and indirect electrolysis of pollutants in the aqueous phase. Electroflotation, electrocoagulation and electroflocculation. Membrane-assisted Processes. Electrokinetic remediation of soils and sediments. Water disinfection: Background and principles. Electrochemical disinfection of water. Photoelectrochemical disinfection of air and water. Emerging materials for electrochemical treatment of pollutants.

Economical and energy analyses for the introduction of energy systems based on renewable energy resources and hydrogen. Engineering and characterization of electrochemical storage devices: Important rechargeable and non-rechargeable battery technologies; various fuel cells; solar cells, capacitors and supercapacitors; photovoltaic cells, photoelectrochemical cells, different hydrogen storage technologies, superconductors. Chemical storage using hydrogen and fuel cells. Operation and design of various electrochemical storage technologies. Energy Storage Challenge: an experimental group project to design, fabricate and characterize electrochemical storage devices, including cost/benefit analysis.

The solid-electrolyte interface. The electric double layer and electrochemical capacitors. Interfacial electrochemistry. Mass transfer in electrochemical systems. Electrocatalysts and electrochemical reactors. Semiconductor electrochemistry, Semiconductor/electrolyte interface. Principles of electrochemical sensors. Safety procedures for work at FUTO laboratories. Analytical accounting nomenclature: Accuracy, Precision, Resolution, Error propagation etc. Overview of standard equipment used in electrochemistry (potentiostats, counter and reference electrodes, electrochemical cells etc). Design of electrochemical reactors. Survey of electrochemical processes and power sources. The general principles, theoretical and practical, of some materials characterization techniques (SEM, XRD, FTIR).

Solid state electrochemistry. Defect chemistry. Solid state ionics. Solid and polymer ionic conductors. Electrochemistry of mixed ionic-electronic conductors. Solid state redox reactions. Electrochemical energy materials. Electrolytes and electrode materials for rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries, electrochemical capacitors, fuel cells and electrolytic cells. Efficiency of electrode materials. Effect of microstructure on electrode material performance. Charge and mass transfer considerations. Importance of carbon science and technology. Characterization of carbon materials used in electrochemical technology. Active carbon, carbon black, fullerenes, and graphene. Carbon electrodes for Li-ion batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells. Ionic liquids: Introduction, properties, synthesis, functionalities, applications.