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Students that choose this course should have at least basic knowledge about materials science (in particular about nanomaterials) and electrochemistry. Ideally, they should have passed course DS218A Basic Electrochemistry.

To be passed, this course requires a written doctoral exam at its end.

This course will help students to understand electrochemical devices that nowadays represent key elements in the electrical energy storage and conversion: batteries, solar cells, supercapacitors, fuels cells. Students will master advanced knowledge about principles and functionalities of these electrochemically driven devices, learn about performances of various types and generations of these devices, including theoretical and practical limits. Focus will be given also on the introduction and understanding of active materials that are key functional elements of these devices, their advantages and disadvantages and last, but not least, to future prospects of these devices (including materials). At the end of the course, the student will be also given the possibility to practically explore and test these devices in real life in CEITEC laboratories. Students that choose this course should have at least basic knowledge about materials science (in particular about nanomaterials) and electrochemistry.

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Electrochemical Science and Technology, 1st Edition, Eds. Keith B. Oldham, Jan C. Myland and Alan M. Bond, Wiley, 2012, ISBN: 978-0470710845
Electrochemical Energy Storage for Renewable Sources and Grid Balancing, 1st Edition, Eds. Patrick T. Moseley, Jurgen Garche, Elsevier, 2015, ISBN: 9780444626165

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