Electric Energy Storage - Li-ion Batteries

Catalog description

This undergraduate course is intended to introduce the students to the catalyzing role of nanotechnology and nanomaterials for enabling safe, high-energy density and high number of cycles batteries. The course is focused on the application of thin films, nanoengineered materials and architectures to various rechargeable batteries such as lithium-ion battery technologies and beyond. The course will cover the basics of energy storage market and applications, electrochemical principles of battery cells, cell fabrication and manufacturing technics, material characterization, cell measurements technics, and battery management system. Group project to explore in depth a cell approach or device components will be assigned. The class might visit a battery system installation for grid storage applications. As part of the course, it will be demonstrated to the students in the laboratory how to assembly lithium-ion cells and measure their performance characteristics. Prerequisite(s): restricted to juniors and seniors.