CHEME 5310

Principles of Electrochemical Engineering

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

With the growing focus on renewable energy and electrification of transport for climate control, electrochemical engineering will play an increasingly critical role in enabling such a paradigm shift. This course introduces fundamentals of electrochemical conversion and storage including an introduction on electrochemical cells, characteristics of electrochemical reactions and Faraday's law as well as basic principles on cell potential and thermodynamics, electrochemical kinetics, and ionic mass transport. Students will also learn about standard electroanalytical techniques and applications of electrochemical engineering with particular focus on batteries. In addition to lecture-style classes, the course will engage the students in critical reading, presentation, and discussion of relevant research publications in energy storage systems providing them a holistic view of the current state of the field.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: CHEME 3130, CHEME 3900, and CHEME 3240 or equivalent.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

• Demonstrate understanding of the fundamental concepts of electrochemical cell potential and thermodynamics, kinetics and transport.
• Demonstrate understanding of basic electroanalytical techniques.
• Analyze and interpret electrochemical cell data.
• Demonstrate critical paper reading and presentation.

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