This graduate-level course will introduce the fundamental science of electrochemical engineering and the application of the same for analyzing various electrochemical energy devices. The theoretical principles of prevailing electroanalytical techniques, charge transfer kinetics, and concentrated solution and porous electrode theories will be derived in a rigorous manner.
Sample Teaching Calendar from Spring 2021:
Class Date | Lec # | Topics | Reading* | Assignments |
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Jan 26 | 1 | Introduction | Ch 1 | |
Jan 28 | 2 | Electrode and cell potentials | Ch 2 | HW1 online |
Feb 2 | 3 | Nernst equation & Pourbaix diagram | Ch 2 | |
Feb 4 | 4 | Debye-Huckel theory | Ch 3 | |
Feb 9 | 5 | Chemical activity & Tafel equation & Butler-Volmer kinetics | Ch 3 | |
Feb 11 | 6 | Electrical double layer structure | Ch 4 | HW2 online |
Feb 16 | 7 | Frumkin-Butler-Volmer kineticsMicroscopic electron transfer theory | Ch 4 | HW1 due |
Feb 18 | 8 | Marcus-Hush-Chidsey kinetics & Transport | Chs 4&5 | |
Feb 23 | 9 | Steady state Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations | Ch 5 | HW3 online |
Feb 25 | 10 | Paradox of supporting electrolytes | Ch 6 | HW2 due |
Mar 2 | Wellness day, no lecture | |||
Mar 4 | 11 | Porous Electrodes | Ch 6 | |
Mar 9 | 12 | Voltage-stepping technique, Cottrell equation | Ch 6 | |
Mar 11 | 13 | Current-stepping technique, Sand’s equation | Ch 7 | |
Mar 16 | 14 | Potential-sweeping technique, Current function I | Ch 7 | |
Mar 18 | 15 | Potential-sweeping technique, Current function II | Ch 7 | HW3 due |
Mar 23 | 16 | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) I | Ch 7 | |
Mar 25 | Exam 1 | Chs 1-5 | ||
Mar 30 | 17 | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) II | Ch 7 | HW 4 online |
Apr 1 | 18 | Specialty electrodes for analytical experiments | Notes | |
Apr 6 | 19 | Ion intercalation electrodes I | Notes | |
Apr 8 | 20 | Ion intercalation dynamics II | Notes | |
Apr 13 | 21 | Fuel cell basics I | Ch 11 | HW4 due |
Apr 15 | 22 | Fuel cell basics II | ||
Apr 20 | Exam 2 | Chs 6&7 | ||
Apr 22 | 23 | Electrodeposition processes | Ch11 | |
Apr 27 | 24 | Redox flow battery | Ch 15 | |
Apr 29 | Final project presentation review | Reports and slides due | ||
May 4 | Presentation | 10 min + 5 min |
* Chapter numbers are based on Electrochemical Engineering by Fuller & Harb (Wiley 2018), as the primary reading material for this course.
Lecture videos from Spring 2021 (under construction)