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Lectures: 1 hour / session, 3 sessions / week
10.50 Analysis of Transport Phenomena
10.626 introduces principles and mathematical models of electrochemical energy conversion and storage. Students study equivalent circuits, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, electrostatics, porous media, and phase transformations. In addition, this course includes applications to batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and electrokinetics
Chapters from the following books are recommended as readings for the course:
Newman, John, and Karen E. Thomas-Alyea. Electrochemical Systems. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471477563.
Bard, Allen J., and Larry R. Faulkner. Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2000. ISBN: 9780471043720.
O' Hayre, Ryan, Suk-Won Cha, Whitney Colella, and Fritz B. Prinz. Fuel Cell Fundamentals. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. ISBN: 9780470258439.
Huggins, Robert A. Advanced Batteries: Materials Science Aspects. Springer, 2008. ISBN: 9780387764238.
Prentice, Geoffrey A. Electrochemical Engineering Principles. Prentice Hall, 1990. ISBN: 9780132490382.
Deen, William M. Analysis of Transport Phenomena. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780195084948.
Torquato, Salvadore. Random Heterogeneous Materials. Springer, 2002. ISBN: 9780387951676.
Balluffi, Robert W., Samuel M. Allen, and W. Craig Carter. Kinetics of Materials. Wiley, 2005. ISBN: 9780471246893.
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
| Problem sets | 40% |
| Midterm exam (not available) | 25% |
| Final exam (not available) | 35% |
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