Electron transfer in chemistry

Course overview

  • Course codeFKBT226
  • ECTS credits7.5
  • DepartmentCHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
  • Graduate schoolChemistry
  • PeriodicityRoughly every third year
  • LanguageEnglish
  • ApplicationContact the course coordinator

Course coordinator

About the course

Reading of papers and book chapters before the meetings is required. Active participation during the meetings, showing that the students have read and digested the material is required for approval for credits. Mandatory individual presentations of papers.
Content includes, but is not limited to:
Basic electron transfer theory
Electron transfer reactions in solution
Electron transfer in inorganic systems
Electron transfer in organic systems
Electron transfer in biological systems
Marcus theory
Electron transfer in mixed valence systems
Distance depence of electron transfer
Electron transfer vs energy transfer
Intra- and intermolecular electron transfer
Photoinduced electron transfer
Interfacial electron transfer

More information

abmaria@chalmers.se

Literature

Excerpts from books and research papers

Lecturer

Maria Abrahamsson