Electrochemistry enables the precise control of chemical reactions using voltage, making it a powerful problem-solving toolkit for uncovering new fundamental understanding of our chemical world, as well as for designing new technologies with diverse applications. Because electrochemistry involves the exchange between chemical and electrical energy, electrochemical systems are crucial for the electrification and decarbonization of energy and the chemical industry toward a more sustainable future.
In this course, you will 1) learn the foundational thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport phenomena of electrochemical systems; 2) explore experimental methods as well as analyze the results of current electrochemical research; and 3) gain hands-on experience with experiments and computer simulations, collecting and evaluating your own electrochemistry research data.
Through a combination of individual and team learning activities, you will gain the skills to design, carry out, and interpret results of electrochemistry experiments, and you will learn how electrochemistry may be applied to address pressing grand challenges of societal importance.
- Teacher: Tommy George