Engineering Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
syllabus
Catalog Data: / MAE212: Engineering Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications (Credit Units: 4). This course serves as an in-depth introduction to engineering electrochemistry fundamentals and applications. Through this course, we will examine thermodynamics and transport principles in typical electrochemical systems. Electrochemical sensors, batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors will be introduced in detail. Manufacturing aspects will also be covered. Prerequisite: MAE115.Textbooks: / Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd Ed., A.J. Bard and L.R.Faulkner, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.
References: / Modern batteries, 2nd Ed., C.A.Vincent and B. Scrosati, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
Electrochemical Systems, 3rd Edition, J. Newman, K. E. Thomas-Alyea, Wiley-Interscience, 2004.
Solid State Physics in Microfabrication and Nanotechnology, M. J. Madou, CRC Press, 2009.
Manufacturing Techniques for Microfabrication and Nanotechnology, M. J. Madou, CRC Press 2009.
Fuel cell fundamentals, R O'Hayre, S. Cha, W. Colella, and F.B. Prinz, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Instructor: / Prof. Marc Madou
Course Outcomes: / Students will be able to:
(1) understand the fundamental principles of electrochemical devices;
(2) and apply the fundamentals of mass transport, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer to analyze typical electrochemical systems.
Prerequisites By Topic: / Thermodynamics (MAE 115)
Lecture Topics: / I.Thermodynamics of Electromotive Force (Class 1-2)
II.Transport in Electrochemistry (Class 3-4):
a.Diffusion
b.Convection
c.Migration
d.Mixing in Low-Reynolds Number Fluids
III.Potentiometric and Amperometric Sensor (Class 5-6)
IV.Thermodynamics of Electrolytic and Galvanic Systems-
a.Electrolytic: Electrolysis, charging of battery
b.Galvanic: Batteries and fuel cells (Class 7)
V.Corrosion: Pourbaix and Evans Diagrams (Class 8-9)
MIDTERM (Class 10)
VI.Batteries and super capacitors (Class 11-13)
VII.Liquid Junction Solar Cells (Class 14-15)
VIII.Fuel Cells (Class 16)
IX.Electrochemistry in Manufacturing:
a.Additive
b.Subtractive (Clas17-18)
X.Electrochemistry in Nanotechnology (Class 19-20)
Class Schedule: / Each class meets ~3 hours per week for 10 weeks.
Computer Usage: / Data analysis (Excel, Matlab, Mathcad), and report writing (Word, LaTex).
Professional Component: / Contributes toward the Mechanical Engineering Topics courses.
Relationship to Program Outcomes: / This course relates to the MAE Graduate Program as stated at:
The course provides both fundamentals and practical issues related to engineering electrochemistry which reinforce, amplify, and extend the concepts of thermodynamics, fluid flow, mass transport, heat transfer, and energy conversion.
Design Content Description
Grading Criteria: / Midterm 1:
Midterm 2:
Final: / 25 %
25%
50 %
100%
Prepared by Prof. Marc Madou
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