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This book covers fundamental principles of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies including fuel cells, batteries, and capacitors.
List of contents
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
About the author
Prof. Kevin Huang is currently a SmartState endowed chair and director of solid oxide fuel cell center at University of South Carolina. His research interest covers rechargeable batteries, reversible fuel cells, gas separation membranes and multiscale computational modeling. He has published 230+ peer-reviewed journal papers, 2 books, 3 book chapters and been granted 14 US patents. He is currently the principal investigator of 6 federal projects and co-PI of other 2 federal projects. He is the associate editor of Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage and past associate editor of RSC Advances. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including 2018 Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award, 2017 Educational Foundation Award for Research in Science, Mathematics and Engineering, 2015 College of Engineering and Computing Research Achievement Award, and 2014 University of South Carolina Breakthrough Stars. He currently teaches Advanced Thermodynamics and Energy Storage for graduate student.
