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Chapter 1

Battery fundamentals

In Battery Fundamentals we will introduce the chemistry and electrochemistry of batteries, first in a general sense, and with a specific focus on lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.

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  • Introduction to Battery Chemistry
  • Introduction to Li-ion Batteries
  • Battery fundamentals
    • Introduction to Battery Chemistry
      • Cell voltage and the Nernst equation
    • Introduction to Li-ion Battery Chemistry
      • Thermodynamics of intercalation materials
      • Mass Transport: Transport and Transference
  • Battery Materials
    • Current materials
      • Separators
  • Experimental Electrochemistry
    • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
      • Principles of EIS
      • RC circuits
      • Multiple Time Constants
      • Constant Phase Elements
      • Diffusion Impedance
      • The Randles Circuit
      • Debye Circuit
      • The Kramers-Kronig transform
      • Three- and four-electrode measurements
      • Fitting With Real Data
      • Recommended Reading
      • An Exercise in Analysing EIS data
    • Transference number measurement
    • MacMullin number measurement
  • Explainers
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