Physical Electrochemistry and its Applications to Sustainable Engineering

Harvard FAS

This course introduces electrochemical systems through the lens of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport. We begin by asking what fundamental role an electron plays in a chemical reaction, then we move to methods to treat electrons through traditional chemical kinetic theories, and last, we discuss entire systems and how mass transport affects chemistry. Throughout the course, we will focus on examples from industry, and we will finish by combining all the above into a discussion on…