Teaching electrochemical science around the world: buy or DIY?
Our article is on the Journal of Chemical Education’s cover.
Educators who want to teach more than just introductory electrochemical science, whether at a specialist high school or as part of a BSc or an MSc degree, need an accessible way to demonstrate the practical concepts of electroanalysis to their students. An obstacle is that traditional ways to introduce these topics can be quite expensive, brittle and high maintenance. In their article, Alexander and Carlo describe how to laser-scribe complete three-electrode graphene-based electrodes that can compete with (and, in some regards, even rival) commercial screen-printed electrodes. This makes education and research in electrochemistry and electroanalysis more inclusive.
ETH Zurich was founded with the mandate to be more than just a research institution and writing an article to help educators access cheaper teaching tools is an example of the contribution ETH makes to the social and economic prosperity of Switzerland and the wider world. Our university engages in research, teaching, continuing education and knowledge transfer not only as an end in itself, but in the service of society. We firmly believe that research and science are drivers for positive change. See portrait for more about how ETH Zurich is pioneering effective solutions to the global challenges of today and tomorrow.
Since its founding in 1924, the Journal of Chemical Education has been recognized for its global influence on teaching and learning chemistry. The Journal of Chemical Education is an American Chemical Society (ACS) Publication.
Read the article at this link: external page https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c01237
https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/portrait.html
external page https://pubs.acs.org/journal/jceda8#transformative
