Prof. Benedetto Bozzini

Argomenti del programma: This course focuses on: functional properties, fabrication, implementation, operation and durability of materials employed in the key components of present and next-generation devices for the direct conversion of chemical energy ( batteries ) and sunlight into electrical energy or storable fuels ( photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical ).

Argomenti del programma: Engineering Fundamentals of the Operation of Fuel Cells and Batteries . (a.i) Overview of main industrially relevant devices and their components. (a.ii) Operating principles and operation modes. (a.iii) Key governing equations: physico-chemical derivation. (a.iv) Representative solutions of governing equations. (a.v) Main measurement methods for performance evaluation and diagnostics.