3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course is designed to introduce fundamentals of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering of primary and rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LIBs) to undergraduate and graduate students. This course will be reviewing working principles of LIBs. Strong emphasis will be given on the Li-ion battery technology, primary batteries, nanotechnology implementation and the materials design. Beyond conventional Li-ion systems and Pb-acid batteries will be discussed. Students will be understanding energy density calculations, fabrication and testing mechanism of batteries utilizing engineered electrodes, electrolytes and separators. Broader perspectives on sustainable, cost effective, longer lasting battery manufacturing will be provided.
Learning Outcomes1Learn Introduction to Energy Storage Systems: Overview, history, market, theory, thermodynamics, kinetics, definitions, and safety.
2Learn challenges of Li-ion Battery Technology, Selection criteria for commercial batteries.
3Learn Experimental techniques, Promising Cathode Materials, Anode Materials, Electrolytes, current distribution and related issues.
4Learn electrode slurry preparation, lamination, drying, pressing, manufacturing of batteries and testing.
5Learn Battery types and Chemistry: Cell charging, Cell discharge testing, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
6Learn Kinetics and thermodynamics of electrochemical reactions.
7Learn Beyond Li-ion Battery Technologies, next generation Li-S batteries, Sodium ion batteries, K-ion batteries will be reviewed.
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