NPTEL : NOC:Electrochemical Energy Storage (Metallurgy and Material Science)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Subhasish Basu Majumder


Lecture 1 - Fundamentals of electrochemistry, definition of primary and secondary batteries

Lecture 2 - Primary batteries and Secondary batteries

Lecture 3 - Supercapacitors

Lecture 4 - Concepts of thermodynamics pertinent to electrochemical cells

Lecture 5 - Kinetics of electrochemical cells and structural characteristics of electrodes

Lecture 6 - Introduction to EMF, redox potential, Faraday law and Nernst’s law

Lecture 7 - Terminology related to secondary battery : half-cell,full-cell, redox couple,positive

Lecture 8 - Measurements: Cyclic voltammetry, nominal voltage, capacity, rate performance

Lecture 9 - Impedance spectroscopy measurement and analyses

Lecture 10 - Measurement of rechargeable cell: Case study

Lecture 11 - History and categories of lithium batteries

Lecture 12 - Operational mechanisms for lithium batteries: Intercalation materials, alloys

Lecture 13 - Differences of voltage profiles between intercalation materials, alloys, and conversion

Lecture 14 - Properties of electrode materials (Case study: alloy as anode)

Lecture 15 - Properties of electrode materials (conversion type oxide as case study)

Lecture 16 - Positive electrodes: Lithiated transition metal oxides, lithiated iron oxyphosphates etc

Lecture 17 - Negative electrodes: Carbonaceous materials, lithium titanium oxides etc

Lecture 18 - Electrolyte :Liquid Electrolyte, Polymer Electrolyte

Lecture 19 - Current Collector, Conductive Agents, Separator and Other Accessories

Lecture 20 - Novel materials for lithium ion rechargeable cells

Lecture 21 - Principle of Operation of Commerical Cells : viz. C - NMC, C - NCA etc

Lecture 22 - Principle of operation of commercial cells

Lecture 23 - Major characteristics of commercial Li ion cells: Cell performance,degradation phenomena

Lecture 24 - Fabrication of Li ion cell: Cylindrical configuration

Lecture 25 - Fabrication of Li ion cell: Pouch and prismatic cell

Lecture 26 - Positive electrodes: Layered oxide, polyanionic compounds (phosphates, sulphates etc)

Lecture 27 - Negative electrodes: Carbonaceous materials, alloy based and other materials

Lecture 28 - Electrolytes: Roles and requirements, organic electrolyte, ionic liquid electrolyte

Lecture 29 - Performance of Na ion rechargeable cell

Lecture 30 - Future perspective of Na ion cells

Lecture 31 - Introduction to battery module, BMS, thermal management and pack design

Lecture 32 - Degradation and safety issues of Li ion rechargeable cells

Lecture 33 - Introduction to battery management system: BMS topologies, hardware, concept of active

Lecture 34 - Introduction to thermal management: Active thermal management system, passive thermal

Lecture 35 - Packaging of battery pack and battery testing: Material selection, sealing of enclosure

Lecture 36 - Classification of supercapacitors: EDLC and pseudocapacitative type

Lecture 37 - Pseudocapacitor

Lecture 38 - Asymmetric supercapacitor and BATCAP: Battery supercapacitor hybrid electrochemical

Lecture 39 - Electrolytes for supercapacitors: Aqueous/organic liquid electrolytes/ionic liquid

Lecture 40 - Current collectors, separators etc. and their effect on performance

Lecture 41 - Operational principles of aqueous and Li - O2 batteries

Lecture 42 - Electrolytes for Li - O2 batteries

Lecture 43 - Limitations of Li - Air batteries

Lecture 44 - State of the art Li - Air batteries : Carbonaceous materials

Lecture 45 - State of the art Li - Air batteries: Case study

Lecture 46 - The element sulfur, principle of operation

Lecture 47 - Advantages and disadvantages of Li - S batteries, positive electrodes

Lecture 48 - Electrolyte and negative electrode for Li - S battery

Lecture 49 - State of the art Li - S batteries : Case study - I

Lecture 50 - State of the art Li - S batteries : Case study - II

Lecture 51 - Global Geographic Distribution of Raw Lithium Resources

Lecture 52 - Nature and geological origin of all potential lithium resources

Lecture 53 - State of the art extraction techniques and known production reserves

Lecture 54 - Recycling of lithium and other battery constituents from used battery

Lecture 55 - Recycling of lithium and other battery constituents from used battery (Continued...)

Lecture 56 - Lead Acid Batteries: Operational principles, main characteristics and applications

Lecture 57 - Lead Acid Batteries: Operational principles, main characteristics and applications (Continued...)

Lecture 58 - Ni-Cd and Ni-MeH Batteries: Operational principles, main characteristics and applications

Lecture 59 - Redox flow battery vanadium redox battery,operational principle, and main characteristics

Lecture 60 - Other Redox Flow Battery Technologies