CHEM 6291

Electrochemistry of Energy Materials

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

Electrochemistry is involved with electrified interfaces and the interaction/interconversion of chemical and electrical energy. This course focuses on the fundamentals of interfacial phenomena including electrode kinetics, electron transfer theory, the electrical double layer, mass transport, and diffusion processes. The course will cover a broad range of electrochemical methods to advance our understanding of structure-property relationships of energy materials. The course will also include selected current topics including: (1) Advanced renewable energy conversion and storage technologies, such as CO2 reduction, H2 production, lithium batteries, and solar cells. (2) Introduction to the state-of-the-art development of analytical methods including electron microscopy and X-ray methods. (3) Electrochemistry with interdisciplinary overlap with solid-state chemistry and materials science, such as photoelectrochemistry, organic electrochemistry, and bioelectrochemistry.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: physical chemistry (CHEM 3870 or 3890/ 3900) or equivalent.

When Offered Fall.

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