Energy Storage in Batteries

Efficient energy storage in batteries is of major importance for electronic equipment, electrification of cars and buses, grid stability and for the introduction of fluctuating renewable energy sources including wind and solar.

In this course we will learn about the thermodynamics and charge kinetics in batteries including the electrochemical driving force, thermochemistry, phase transitions and charge transport kinetics. The principles of state of the art and future rechargeable batteries, also touching super capacitors, will be discussed. The aim is to develop understanding of the battery performance parameters and to relate these with the with underlying atomic scale material properties. Along these topics current battery developments and research directions will be discussed. After seven lectures on the fundamental properties of batteries six dedicated working lectures will focus on important battery technologies including:

• Redox Flow

• Na-ion

• next generation Li-ion batteries

• Solid State batteries

• Supercapacitors