This free online course teaches you how the chemical energy stored in batteries is converted into electrical current. This course explores the internal architecture of batteries. We examine the oxidation process and break down various technical terms. We then demonstrate how internal chemical reactions allow cells and batteries to provide direct current. We study lithium batteries and the properties that make them the most popular batteries used today to perform many industrial tasks. This course suits anyone interested in green, renewable energy.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201586 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define the basics associated with batteries, their sign conventions and how they work • Describe the different parts of the battery and their functions • Compare primary and secondary batteries • Analyze the principle of the electrochemical series and its relationship to batteries • Explain the standard procedure for testing and comparing batteries • Outline the relevance of ‘C-Rate’ to the test procedure • Analyze the charge and discharge curves together with the polarization curves and their meaning • Compare lithium metal and lithium-ion batteries • Break down the advantages of lithium-ion batteries over lithium metal batteries • Discuss the concepts of ‘plating’ and ‘pickling’ |
| Course Code | 3002 |
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