ME 512 Energy Materials I - Supercapacitors and Batteries
There is increasing awareness that energy and the environmental sustainability present society with issues that are pressing and need to be approached globally. The goal of the course - Introduction to Materials for Energy and Sustainability is to demonstrate the innovation and development of materials that provide a route to the solutions for affordable and sustainable energy. In this course, I will present the global energy and related environmental issues, and will discuss various energy technologies enabled by materials development and device integration, including the introduction to electrochemical energy conversion and storage, fuel cells and batteries, nuclear energy and materials, fossil fuel, solar fuel, biofuels, solar cells, thermoelectric materials, efficient lighting, energy-efficient building, and wind energy will be covered.