Course contents
- Battery types and history
- Lithium ion battery and principle
- Anode and cathode materials used in lithium ion batteries
- Electrolytes and other significant components for lithium-ion batteries
- Preparation of a single battery cell
- Battery cell assembling
- Overview of other potential battery technologies
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the students will
- learn the basic knowledge of the battery materials and structures
- understand the operation principle of Li-ion battery, its structure, cell assembling
- learn how to improve the battery performances and especially, battery development from green chemistry viewpoint
- be familiar with the basics of chemistry and components in the battery system
Teaching methods
- Interactive lectures using an online system (recorded)
- Project work on the given topic
- Self-learning material, exercise submissions in the given schedule
- The course contains an interactive part related to battery cell assembling
Assessment methods
Examination based on the course exercises.
Workload
Total workload is 135 h of which scheduled studies 30 h, project work 30 h and independent studies 75 h.
Lectures
- Introduction to rechargeable batteries
- Traditional technologies for rechargeable batteries (Lead-acid, Ni-Cd, Ni-MH etc.)
- Lithium ion batteries, operation principle
- Anode materials used in lithium ion batteries
- Negative electrode materials
- Graphite anodes
- LTO, Si-C
- Environmental viewpoint
- Positive electrode materials used in lithium ion batteries
- LCO, NCM chemistries
- LFP etc.
- Environmental viewpoint
- Electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries
- Liquid electrolytes
- Solid electrolytes
- Environmental viewpoint, safety issues
- Improved battery safety through chemistry
- Other significant components for lithium-ion batteries
- Separators
- Binders and solvents
- Conductive carbon
- Preparation of a single battery cell
- Video installation
- Evaluation from recyclability viewpoint
- Overview of other potential battery technologies
- New battery technologies, metal-air (zinc-air), vanadium redox-flow batteries, sulfur-flow-battery, etc.
- Sustainable battery cell assembling
- Battery recycling viewpoint (metals recovery and reuse)
- Battery long-life time
More information in the University of Oulu study guide.
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