Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Course content

Energy storage and conversion: an overview. Material characterization: advanced microscopical techniques, focus ion beam and its applications, in-situ experiments in ES&C, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy, NMR, XPS. Electrochemical Characterization: electrochemical hydrogen storage, Li-on batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells. Materials overviews for: electrochemical hydrogen storage, Li-on batteries, supercapacitors, PEM fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells.