Physical Electrochemistry and its Applications to Sustainable Engineering
APPHY 236
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Description
This course introduces electrochemical systems through the lens of thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport. We begin by asking what fundamental role an electron plays in a chemical reaction, then we move to methods to treat electrons through traditional chemical kinetic theories, and last, we discuss entire systems and how mass transport affects chemistry. Throughout the course, we will focus on examples from industry, and we will finish by combining all the above into a discussion on electrochemical interfaces in some practical systems.
Recommended Prep
Students should have had a year of introductory physics (e.g., APPHY 50a/b or PHYSCI 12a/b or Physics 15a or equivalent), an undergraduate general chemistry course (e.g., PS 11), an introductory classical thermodynamics course (e.g., ES 181, ES 112 or CHEM 161), and some form of introduction to mass transport that covers diffusion (e.g., ES 123).
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