Electrochemistry Video Lectures

LiSA 101: a condensed course in electrochemical thermodynamics, potentials, and the double layer given to participants in the DOE Liquid Sunlight Alliance

Slides: Electrochemical Thermodynamics and Potentials – LiSA 101 Boettcher

Lecture 1 Video (35 minutes) introduction to potentials in electrochemistry and electrochemical thermodynamics

Lecture 2 Video (45 minutes) Examples of applications of electrochemical thermodynamics

Lecture 3 Video (35 minutes) Double Layer Structure

Advanced Electrochemistry  (Boettcher/Lonergan some duplicate lecture topics) Follows Bard and Faulkner, 2nd Ed. with some additions

(please consider purchasing this book for use alongside these lectures to support the writing of valuable electrochemistry texts)

Projects and Homework (in editable format, please adapt and use with citation to original source)

Lecture 1: What is Electrochemistry? Introduction and applications 

Lecture 2: Introduction to electrochemical thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport

Lecture 3: Two- versus three-electrode cells

Review Lecture: Electrostatics, charge, fields and potentials

Lecture 4: Op Amps and Basic Potentiostat and Galvanostat Circuits

Lecture 5: Faradaic and Non-Faradaic Currents

Lecture 6: Mass Transport Limited Voltammetry

Lecture 7: Electrochemical Thermodynamics (Boettcher)

Lecture 8: Electrochemical Potentials (Boettcher)

Lecture 7a: Electrochemical Thermodynamics Introduction (Lonergan, live) alternative

Lecture 8a: Electrochemical Thermodynamics: Cell Potentials and Reduction Potentials (Lonergan, live) alternative

Lecture 9a: Electrochemical Thermodynamics: Chemical and Electrochemical Potential (Lonergan, live) alternative

Key reading: Potentially Confusing: Potentials in Electrochemistry (see LiSA 101 videos above)

Lecture 10: Electrochemical potentials across interfaces and in cells (Lonergan, live)

Lecture 11: Pourbaix Diagrams and Reactions (Boettcher, live)

Bonus : How to use Hydra and Medusa to calculate Pourbaix and speciation diagrams

Lecture 12: Introduction to Electrochemical Kinetics

Lecture 13: Derivation of the Butler-Volmer Equation

Lecture 14: Exchange current and the current-overpotential equation

Lecture 15: Approximate forms of the current-overpotential equation and Tafel behavior

Lecture 16: Multistep Electron Transfer Kinetics and Rate Determining Steps

Lecture 17: Introduction to Marcus Theory

Lecture 18: Mass Transfer by Migration and Diffusion

Lecture 19: Mass Transfer by Migration and Diffusion part 2

Lecture 18-19b: Transport (Lonergan, Live) alternative

Lecture 20: Potential Step Experiments and the Cottrell Equation

Lecture 21: Potential Sweep Methods

Lecture 22: Chemical Reaction Mechanisms from Voltammetry and Rotating Disk Voltammetry 

Lecture 23: Introduction to AC Impedance Analysis I

Electrochemical Engineering: Follows Fuller and Harb, 1st Ed. , with some additions

(please consider purchasing this book for use alongside these lectures to support the writing of valuable electrochemistry texts)

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 1 Porous Electrode Theory

Lecture 1 – in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 2 Porous Electrode Theory – Three Phase Electrodes

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 3 Porous Electrodes with Flow

Lecture 2 and 3 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 4 Battery Fundamentals: Introduction

Lecture 4 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 5 Capacity and Cell Characteristics

Lecture 5 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 6 Batteries – Efficiency, Self Discharge, and Cycle Life

Lecture 6 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 7  Fuel Cell Fundamentals

Lecture 7 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 8  Fuel Cell Electrodes

Lecture 8 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 9  Electrodeposition Basics, Nucleation, and Growth

Lecture 9 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 10 Current Distributions

Lecture 10 in class work

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 11 Industrial Electrochemistry (flow batteries, chlor alkali, electrowinning, electrolysis)

In class work W7D1 – industrial electrochemistry

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 12 – Corrosion Part 1

CH 692 in class w7d2

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 13 Corrosion Part II

CH 692 In class work w8d1 – corrosion

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 14 Battery Packs Part I

Ch 692 In class work w9d1 battery packs

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 15 Battery Cells and Packs II

CH692 in class w9d2

Electrochemical Engineering Lecture 16 Fuel Cell Stacks and Systems

CH692 in class w10d1