Course content

• Electrochemistry and chemistry for batteries
• Battery chemistry
• Cell designs
• Engineering and dimensioning analysis

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

• Designs of secondary lithium ion batteries - LIB
• Electrochemistry of electrochemical cells and batteries in particular.
• Energy calculations of LIB
• Principles of most common chemistries in anodes and cathodes
• Electrolyte compositions of LIB
• Battery chemistry
• Basic LIB cell designs
• Engineering and dimensioning analysis
• LIB terminology

Skills:

• Calculate energies and efficiencies of common LIBs
• Differentiate between different energy losses in LIB and their contribution to energy efficiency in in LIBs
• Understand how cell design can be changed to design cells for power or energy applications

Competence:

• The candidates can distinguish between different cell LIB chemsitries and their use in different applications and markets.
• The candidate can estimate energy usage in different LIBs and set up simple models for operation at different C-rates and separate different heat sources and contributions to loss in energy efficiency.

Learning methods and activities

14 times 45 minutes lectures.

4 mandatory exercises

Compulsory assignments

• Exercises

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

It is recommended to have at least a Bachelor degree in engineering with the required content of basic chemistry, physics and mathematics.

Required previous knowledge

Bachelordegree in engineering.

Chemistry and physics on university or college level.

Course materials

Notes given and lecture notes handed out.