Solid State Chemistry

Unit I: Solid State Chemistry

Lectures: 20

1. Solid State Chemistry

• Brief idea about solid state reactions.
• Kinetics of solid state reactions.

2. Crystal Defects and Non-Stoichiometry

• Perfect and imperfect crystals.
• Intrinsic defects.
• Extrinsic defects.
• Point defects.
• Line defects.
• Plane defects.
• Vacancies.
• Schottky defects.
• Frenkel defects.
• Thermodynamics of Schottky and Frenkel defect formation.
• Colour centres.

3. Electronic Properties and Band Theory

• Metals.
• Insulators.
• Semiconductors.
• Electronic structure of solids.
• Band theory.
• Band structure of metals.
• Band structure of insulators.
• Band structure of semiconductors.
• Intrinsic semiconductors.
• Extrinsic semiconductors.
• Doping of semiconductors.
• p–n junction.
• Superconductors.