ENCH648K Advanced Fuel Cells and Batteries / CHBE473 Electrochemical Energy Engineering

Electrochemical engineering is playing a profound and growing role in energy technology in the present century, driven by historic and world-wide growth in vehicle electrification and wind and solar deployments that have taken off in the past ten years.  In the vehicle and electricity sectors, truly historic investments are presently taking place in applications that use electrochemical devices, such as batteries, electrolyzers, and fuel cells.  Electrochemical energy engineering has a crucial role to play in the decarbonization of several major sectors of the economy, with deep decarbonization a widely pursued goal by the year 2050. 

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of electrochemical engineering, covering thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport in electrochemical cells, as well as electrode structures and electroanalytical techniques.  The course will next transition to focus on electrochemical devices, including batteries and fuel cells.

This course will serve as a foundation for students who are interested in becoming practicing electrochemical engineers, those who would like to pursue research careers, and those who wish to become familiar with a specialized area within chemical engineering that will have a crucial and growing importance during their careers.

We use the book by Fuller and Harb titled Electrochemical Engineering.

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