2021 Fall semester

Electrochemistry
(전기화학)

Mon: 12 pm – 2:45 am

Instructor: Ju-Won Jeon (응용화학과)

Office: 휘랑관 810호

Office hours: Tues 10:30 am-12 pm
Email:jwjeon@kookmin.ac.kr
Zoom online class
• You should attend >70% of the full class for the grade

• If you miss more than 3-4 times, it will be automatically

graded as F (University policy)

• We will start at 12:30 for the convenience.

Grading – absolute evaluation

※ Presentation 40 %

※ Final exam 45 %

※ attendance 10 %

※ attitude 5%

Presentation Final exam attitude Attendance total

40 % 45 % 5% 10 % 100 %
 Expected Schedules
1주차 General electrochemistry 9주차 Presentation
2주차 Electrochemical cells
3주차 Electrochemical cells 10주차 Electrochemical methods
11주차 Electrochemical Applications
4주차 Presentation 12주차 Electrochemical Applications
13주차 Presentation
5주차 Presentation

6주차 Kinetics of Electrode 14주차 Presentation

Reactions
7주차 Kinetics of Electrode 15 주차 Final exam
Reactions
8주차 Presentation

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Textbook
• Electrochemical Methods, Fundamentals and Applications,
2nd edition, by A. J. Bard and L. R. Faulkner (main)

• Physical Chemistry, Atkins. 9th edition

Introduction and Overview of Electrode Processes

Corrosion (a redox process) thermodynamic data

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Properties of electrolytes

• Ions in solutions transported when a potential difference

applied between the two electrodes.

• We will pay attention to the movement of ions in the

electrolyte.

κ : conductivity [S/cm]
G: conductance [S]
l : distance of separating charged plates [cm]
A : cross-sectional area [cm2]
Kinetics of electrochemistry

Current-overpotential
relation

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Mass transfer

1. Migration(이동). Movement of a charged body under the influence of an electric field (a

gradient of electrical potential).

2. Diffusion(확산). Movement of a species under the influence of a gradient of chemical

potential (i.e., a concentration gradient).

3. Convection(대류). Stirring or hydrodynamic transport. Generally fluid flow occurs because of

natural convection (convection caused by density gradients) and forced convection, and may be
characterized by stagnant regions, laminar flow, and turbulent flow.

Nernst-Plank
equation
Diffusion Migration

Convection
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Li-ion Batteries (LIBs)
Discharge

Cathode: Li1-xCoO2 + xLi+ + e-  LiCoO2

Anode: LixC6  C6 + xLi+ + e-

Overall: Li1-xCoO2 + LixC6  LiCoO2 + C6

• Li+ is migrated from an anode to a cathode during discharge.

• Muench S. et al. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 9438-9484.

Charge

Cathode: LiCoO2 Li1-xCoO2 + xLi+ + e-

Anode: C6 + xLi+ + e-  LixC6

Overall: LiCoO2 + C6  Li1-xCoO2 + LixC6

• Li+ is migrated from a cathode to an anode 10

during charge.
 Capacitors and Supercapacitors
Conventional Supercapacitor
Capacitor
Lead wire

Electrode

Dielectri
c

• 𝐶 ∶ Capacitance
ε𝑟ε0𝐴 • E : Specific energy density
𝐶 = E = 1/2𝐶𝑉2 • ε𝑟 : dielectric constant of materials
𝑑 • ε0 : Permittivity of vacuum
• d : effective thickness of double layer
• A : effective surface area of electrode

• In both conventional capacitors and supercapacitors, C and E are deter

mined by dielectric constant, ε𝑟 of materials.
• Chem T.; Dai L. J. Mater Chem A. 2014, 2, 10756.
Thank you!