Title: This new subject will cover four specific topics:
12.625 Electrochemical Systems Fundamentals,
Materials and Applications MIT Mechanical
Engineering Fall 2006 Prof. Yang Shao-Horn
This new subject will cover four specific
topics 1) fundamentals of electrochemical
processes thermodynamic, kinetics and
transport 2) materials for electrochemical
devices 3) electrochemical measurements and 4)
applications of electrochemical energy
technologies for portable devices and
transportation current performance and
challenges. This subject will be offered every
fall semester and the offering is dependent on
the enrollment. It could potentially be co-listed
in Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical
Engineering departments.
The depletion of fossil fuels and increasing
environmental concerns over greenhouse gas
emission demands economic and efficient energy
systems. Electrochemical energy conversion (such
as fuel cells) and storage (such as secondary
batteries and storage of electrolytically
generated hydrogen) technologies have great
promise as alternative energy options for
transportation and stationary applications. As
these systems directly convert chemical energy to
direct-current electrical energy via
electrochemical reactions, they have superior
efficiencies to existing energy technologies
based on heat engines or internal combustion
engines.
3. Electrochemical Measurements Galvanostatic
measurements, Potential step, current step,
cyclic voltammetry Impedance Spectroscopy etc.
1. Fundamental processes Mass transport,
electrode kinetics Faradic/non-faradic
processes Chemical/electrochemical thermodynamics
etc.
2. Materials of Electrochemical Systems Concept
of intercalation and its thermodynamics
Adsorption/dissociation processes Kinetic
parameters of electocatalysts etc.
4. Electrochemical Energy Technologies (Electric
Car etc.)
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Prereq 2.005/2.006 or equivalent or permission
of instructor Units 4-0-8, Lecture hours
TR200-330pm and W300-400pm TEXT Bard, A. J.,
and L. R. Faulkner. Electrochemical Methods. 2nd
ed. New York Wiley, 2001. ISBN
0471043729. Newman, J., Thomas-Alyea, K.E.
Electrochemical Systems, 3rd ed. New York
Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-47756-7. GRADING 2
Quizzes (1.5 hours each) 50 (25 each) Homework
25, Project 25 (10 oral 15 written
report) There is no final exam.
References www.fueleconomy.gov
www.hybridcars.com http//www.greenjobs.com