BATARYA ARAŞTIRMA GRUBU - Courses
Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies

This course will explain the principles and mathematical models of electrochemical energy storage technologies. Students will examine equivalent circuits, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, convection phenomena, electrostatics and phase transformations. In addition, working principles and structures of batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors will be explained.

  1. Electrochemical Basics - Galvanic Cell - Electrolitic Cell 
  2. Equivalent Circuit Dynamics 
  3. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
  4. Nernst Equations, Open Circuit Voltage Calcutions
  5. Batteries, Fuel Cell and Supercapasitors
  6. Pseudeocapacitance
  7. Ideal Solution Model, Lineer Voltammetry
  8. Faradaic Reactions, Butler-Volmer Equations
  9. Electrocatalysis
  10. Electrochemical Phase Conversions
  11. Polarization and Diffusion 
  12. Electrochemical Characterization Methods

  References

  1. Elektrokimyanın Temelleri, V. S. Bagotsky, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2015.
  2. Li-iyon Piller ve Uygulamaları, E.Biçer, M. Mazman, C. Kaypmaz, D. Uzun, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2020.
  3. Electrochemical Methods, Fundamentals and Applications, A. J. Bard, L. R. Faulkner, Wiley, Weinheim, 2001.
  4. Electrochemical Systems, J. Newman, K. R. Thomas-Alyea, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004.
  5. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, M. E. Orazem, B. Tribollet, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008.

Li-ion Batteries and Applications

This course will explain the basic principles of Li-ion battery technologies. Students will have knowledge about Li-ion batteries components, production, applications and Battery Management Systems.

  1. Basics of Energy Storage
  2. Li-ion Batteries
  3. Properties of Anode Active Materials in Li-ion Batteries
  4. Properties of Cathode Active Materials in Li-ion Batteries
  5. Properties of Electrolyte Materials in Li-ion Batteries 
  6. Production of Li-ion Batteries
  7. Safety of Li-ion Batteries
  8. Applications of Li-ion Batteries - Mobile Devices
  9. Applications of Li-ion Batteries - Electrical Vehicles
  10.Applications of Li-ion Batteries - Stationary Applications
  11. Battery Management Systems

  References

  1. Li-iyon Piller ve Uygulamaları, E. Biçer, M. Mazman, C. Kaypmaz, D. Uzun, Nobel Yayıncılık, 2020.
  2. Advanced Batteries – Materials Science Aspects, R. A. Huggins, Springer, 2008.
  3. Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-ion Battery Packs, D. Andrea, Artech House, 2010.
  4. Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, A. J. Bard, Larry R. Faulkner, Wiley, 2000.  
  5. Electrochemical Systems, J. Newman, K. E. T. Alyea, Wiley-Interscience, 2004.

Safety in R&D Laboratories
The objective of this course is the prevention of accidents that students and researchers may encounter while working in R&D laboratories, protection from possible hazards arising from the materials studied, definition of chemical substances, storage, processes to be applied to wastes, working with explosive and flammable substances, distillation in the laboratory, working under high pressure and vacuum, electrical It has been prepared to give information about working with devices, protection from rays, fire precautions, fire extinguishers, masks and filters, toxicity, first aid in accidents.
  1. The Importance of Safe Working
  2. Procedures Before Starting Laboratory Study
  3. Chemical Environment
  4. Devices and Materials
  5. Cleaning of  Materials and Processes Applied to Waste Materials
  6. Fire and Explosion Hazards
  7. Working with Electrical Equipment
  8. Working with Radioactive Materials and Rays
  9. Hazardous Materials
  10. Protection from Respiratory Hazards
  11. First Aid in Accidents

  References

  1. M. Canel, E. Canel, Laboratuvar Güvenliği, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2016.
  2. A. Keith Furr, Handbook of Laboratory Safety, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2000.
  3. R. H. Hill, D. C. Finster, Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students, Wiley, New Jersey, 2010.