Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion

Course contents

Revision of electrochemical fundamentals:
- electrode potentials
- electrical double layer
- overpotential
Basic battery types:
- Daniell cell, voltaic cell, concentration cell
- metal-air batteries
- lead-acid batteries
- metal hydride batteries
- lithium-ion batteries
Modeling of most common types:
- electrochemical approach
- semi-empirical approach
- equivalent circuit approach
Supercapacitors
- basic pricniple
- modelling

Department

Master's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering