Teaching

My objective is to interconnect teaching and research and give the students the instruments to bridge and transfer science to society and to industry. With respect to energy storage systems, it is crucial to teach the students the fundamentals of electrochemistry and how to apply the techniques required to evaluate the specific system. Knowledge about the phenomena governing the electrochemical reactions is fundamental for learning how to evaluate the performance and understanding how to characterize systems like batteries, supercapacitors, and other energy conversion and storage systems. This knowledge is fundamental not only at the academic but also at the industry level.

Courses offered:

Energy Storage

Semester: Summer Semester

Workload: 4 hours per week

ECTS: 6

Course type: lectures + exercises

The course is held in English.

Lecturers: Sonia Dsoke, Tom Smolinka and Sebastian Gamisch

You will learn about:

Understanding the necessity of energy storage (short-term, mid-term, seasonal) for stationary applications and mobile applications as well as their technical and economic requirements.
Basic knowledge of different energy storage technologies such as pumped-hydro, SuperCaps, batteries, and thermal storage systems, as well as hydrogen and Power-to-Gas (PtG) solutions
Knowledge in the design and components of different types of battery cells such as lead-acid, Ni-based batteries (alkaline), lithium-ion, sodium-ion technologies etc.
Knowledge in the design of thermal storage systems
Knowledge in the design of hydrogen storage and PtG systems

Integrated exercises:

The lecture includes exercises to deepen the understanding of the lecture's content and to discuss further details.

Batteries and supercapacitors: Materials, components and cell concepts

Semester: Winter Semester

Workload: 2 hours per week

ECTS: 3

Course type: Seminar

The course is held in English.

You will learn about:

After completing this module, the students will have solid insight into batteries and supercapacitors energy storage cells. The module addresses the current status of research on materials (i.e., electrodes, electrolytes, binders, additives) and other cells components of Li-ion batteries, post-lithium batteries (Na, K, Zn, Mg, Ca, Al batteries) and supercapacitors (double-layer, pseudocapacitors and hybrids). This knowledge will provide a solid background on established and future energy storage technologies.

In addition, the presentation of a scientific research topic to the class audience will be practiced and discussed in a seminar form. This training will further develop critical thinking on scientific research topics.

Students will be able to communicate and summarize key points from and scientific articles on batteries and supercapacitors topics.