Principles of Electrochemical Conversion and Storage Devices

Professor Kevin Huang is a SmartState Endowed Chair and Director of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Center at University of South Carolina. He teaches Advanced Thermodynamics and Energy Storage to graduate students. He is the associate editor of Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2018 Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award and the 2017 Educational Foundation Award for Research in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering.

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Importance of EECS
1.2 Current status of EECS
1.3 Motivation
1.4 Coverage

2. THERMODYNAMICS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
2.1 Chemical potentials
2.2 Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy
2.3 Nernst equation
2.4 Temperature and pressure coefficients of Nernst potential
2.5 Electrode potentials
2.6 Problems

3. KINETICS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
3.1 Transport of charged particles in solids
3.2 Mass transfer by migration and diffusion in liquids
3.3 Kinetics of electrode reactions
3.4 Double layer structure and adsorption
3.5 Problems

4. FUNDAMENTALS OF FUEL CELLS, BATTERIES, AND CAPACITORS
4.1 Working principles and key metrics of fuel cells
4.2 Working principles and key metrics of batteries
4.3 Working principles and key metrics of capacitors
4.4 Problems

5. BASIC METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
5.1 Potential step methods
5.2 Potential sweep methods
5.3 AC impedance spectroscopy
5.4 Bulk electrolysis methods (Coulometric titration)
5.5 Galvanic intermittent titration technique
5.6 Ionic conductivity/transport number measurement
5.7 Problems

6. KEY MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
6.1 Electrolyte materials
6.2 Cathode materials
6.3 Anode materials
6.4 Current collector materials
6.5 Problems

7. MULTIPHYSICS MODELING OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
7.1 Basic electrochemical processes
7.2 Governing equations
7.3 Computational procedures
7.4 Experimental validation
7.5 Performance predictions
7.6 Problems

8. EXEMPLARY APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE DEVICES
8.1 Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
8.2 Solid oxide fuel cells
8.3 Lead-acid batteries
8.4 Ni-Cd batteries
8.5 Ni-MH batteries
8.6 Zn-ion batteries
8.7 Li-ion batteries
8.8 Na-ion batteries
8.9 K--ion batteries
8.10 Metal-air batteries
8.11 Problems