KJM9120 ¨C Defect Chemistry and Reactions

Course content

The course provides an introduction to defects and transport in crystalline materials, central to those taking a degree or planning research or work within solid-state electrochemistry. It can also provide a useful supplement in other areas of materials science, such as inorganic materials chemistry, structural physics, and semiconductor physics.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you:

• are familiar with different defect types and transport mechanisms in crystalline materials
• can, in simple cases, deduce how defect concentrations and transport parameters vary as a function of the surrounding atmosphere, temperature, and doping.
• understand the role of defect-related transport in important applications and processes, and can deduce this mathematically in simple cases.
• know the basic principles of electrochemical transport and can use the knowledge to analyse processes in fuel cells and membranes and under solid-state reactions, sintering, and corrosion.

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers¡¯ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.