Course syllabus for Battery materials and manufacturing

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Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-15 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameBatterimaterial och tillverkning
  • CodeTRA360
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTRACKS
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • DepartmentTRACKS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 97113
  • Maximum participants40 (at least 10% of the seats are reserved for exchange students)
  • Minimum participants8
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0123 Project 7.5 c
Grading: TH		7.5 c

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)

Course specific prerequisites

In addition to the general requirements to study at advanced level at Chalmers, necessary subject or project specific prerequisite competences (if any) must be fulfilled. Alternatively, the student must obtain the necessary competences during the course. The examiner will formulate and check these prerequisite competences. The student will only be admitted in agreement with the examiner.

Basic course in one of the following subjects: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, product development, sustainable energy system, Industrial design engineering, quality and operation management, chemistry, material science, chemical engineering, metal engineering, or related disciplines

Aim

The course provides a platform to work and solve challenging cross-disciplinary authentic problems from different stakeholders in society such as the academy, industry or public institutions. Additionally, the aim is that students from different educational programs practice working efficiently in multidisciplinary development teams

This course aims to educate and train the students and engineers from battery materials to manufacturing including all aspects. The course will provide sufficient knowledge related to technologies, equipment, and materials for students to contribute to the development of the complete battery industry value chain.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

General learning outcomes for Tracks courses:
  • master problems with open solutions spaces which includes to be able to handle uncertainties and limited information.
  • lead and participate in the development of new products, processes and systems using a holistic approach by following a design process and/or a systematic development process.
  • work in multidisciplinary teams and collaborate in teams with different compositions
  • orally and in writing explain and discuss information, problems, methods, design/development processes and solutions

Course specific learning outcomes:
  • Outline the entire battery manufacturing process.
  • Describe the critical instrument and criteria for the battery manufacturing.
  • Develop a hands-on skill to fabricate battery cells in the lab.
  • Explain the battery cell, module and packs.
  • Explain the working mechanism of battery.
  • Explain the synthesis of most popular electrode materials (anode and cathode).
  • Describe the characterization methods for the electrodes.
  • Describe and select the appropriate material for anode and cathode.
  • Explain the quality control of the battery manufacturing process.
  • Identify the safety issues of the battery.
  • Explore the different applications of battery.
  • Explain how to evaluate the battery.
  • Explore the future battery manufacturing technology.
  • Recognize the critical components used for making battery.
  • Explain the battery production system.
  • Explain the graphs of charging/discharging, cyclic voltammetry, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.
  • Discuss trends of battery materials and manufacturing.

Content

The course is divided into 2 parts that are run over about 2 month.

Part 1: Lectures (4-5 lectures):
  • Introduction, general application, working mechanism and challenges of battery.
  • The main components of the battery cell, including the current collector, anode, separator, electrolyte, cathode.
  • The synthesis, processing and characterization of commonly used anode and cathode.
  • The current and future binders
  • The electrode manufacturing and battery assembling.
  • The quality control of the battery manufacturing process
  • The future battery manufacturing technologies.
  • The battery design and battery production in Gigafactory
  • Battery safety
  • Current and future battery management system

Part 2: Lab project
  • Preparation of the anode and cathode slurry.
  • Investigate the coating and drying for the electrode formation.
  • Calendering and cutting.
  • Battery cell assembling.
  • Electrochemical performance evaluation of the as-fabricated batteries.
  • Performance analysis.

Organisation

The course is run by a teaching team.
The main part of the course is a challenge driven project. The challenge may range from being broad societal to profound research driven. The project task is solved in a group. The course is supplemented by on-demand teaching and learning of the skills necessary for the project. The project team will have one university examiner, one or a pole of university supervisors and one or a pole of external co-supervisors if applicable.

The course is based on lectures (including guest lecturers from academia and industry), and a team lab project.

Examination including compulsory elements

Quiz after the lectures.
Presentations and written reports.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2024-04-24: Added to program plan [Course round 1] added to programme plan for MPAEM grade 2 by UOL
    • 2024-04-23: Max number of participants Max number of participants changed from 25 to 40 by UOL
      [Course round 1]