Electrochemical Processes

3 units

Renewable electricity from solar and wind will be the primary energy source for our future distributed energy and mobility system. At the foundation of that energy system are the electrochemical energy devices including fuel cells, electrolyzers and batteries. The objectives of this course are to introduce basic concepts and principles of electrochemistry as well as their potential applications. The chemical engineering fundamentals from previous EECE courses (e.g., mass & energy balances, thermodynamics, and mass & heat transport) will be applied to describe in mathematical terms the catalytic and mass transport processes. A particular emphasis of the course is electrocatalysis at the electrochemical interfaces.