Entry requirements

One of the following is required: (1) 120 credits with 90 credits in chemistry and physics, including at least 60 credits in chemistry. Participation in Spectroscopy, 10 credits. Chemical Bonding and Computational Chemistry, 10 credits, are recommended; (2) 120 credits with 75 credits in physics or chemistry, as well as participation in 30 credits of courses in materials science. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe and explain photochemical and photophysical processes and mechanisms with suitable theoretical models, and apply established experimental methods for the investigation of these processes
• describe the interaction of excited states with their surroundings and analyse photoinduced electron transfer and excitation energy transfer with quantitative models
• apply knowledge about photochemical and photophysical processes and the reactivity of excited states to explain applications in photochemical energy conversion and other selected issues.

Content

Excited states,radiative and non-radiative deexcitation, potential energy surfaces, reaction dynamics, electron and energy transfer, pericyclic reactions.

Selected applications in e.g. solar cells, photocatalysis and artificial photosynthesis, natural photosynthesis and other biological photoprocesses, atmospheric chemistry.

Instruction

Lectures, problem solving classes, demonstrations and laboratory exercises.

Assessment

Written examination at the end of the course, 8 credits. The laboratory course corresponds to 2 credits.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.