Course syllabus

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TRA360 TRA360 Battery processing: From materials to components lp4 VT26 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Tracks

Contact details

Examiner:     Jinhua Sun, jinhua@chalmers.se (Tel: 07 69 60 9956)

Teachers:      Jinhua Sun, jinhua@chalmers.se 

Guest Lecturers:  

                            Experts from other related battery industries                          

                            Prof.Lars Nyborg (Chalmers),

                            Prof. John Low (University of Warwick), 

Lab Teachers:

                       Ruiqi Chen

                       Piyatep Ngernklay

                       Komal Gola

                            

Course purpose

The purpose of this course is to teach the basic knowledge (Lectures) about the state of the art lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing and provide the students chances to fabricate the battery cells in the labs.

 

Schedule

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Lecture 1	Course Introduction	30th of March 13:15	Jinhua Sun	SB-H4
Lecture 2	Battery market and trends	30th of March 14:15	Lars Nyborg	SB-H4
Lecture 3	Battery chemistry, test, and evalution	1st of April 10:00	Jinhua Sun	SB-H4
Lecture 4	Battery components	1st of April 11:00	Jinhua sun	SB-H4
Lecture 5	Battery materials synthesis and production	13th of April 13:15	Daniel Weber	SB-H4
Lecture 6	Battery materials synthesis and production	13th of April 14:15	Daniel Weber	SB-H4
Lecture 7	Battery TBD	17th of April 13:15	Julia Maibach	SB-L300
Lecture 8	Battery TBD	17th of April 14:15	Julia Maibach	SB-L300
Lecture 9	Sate of the art battery cell manufacturing	20th of April 13:15	Jinhua Sun	SB-H4
Lecture 10	Advanced battery manufacturing	20th of April 14:15	Jinhua Sun	SB-H4
Lecture 11	Cell to battery pack	24th of April 13:15	John Low	SB-H3
Lecture 12	Battery tesing, regulation, and recycling	24th of April 14:15	John Low	SB-H3
Lecture 13	Quality control of battery manufacturing	27th of April 13:15	Jinhua Sun	SB-H4
Lecture 14	Battery regulations/battery passport	27th of April 14:15	Hanna Persson	SB-H4
Lecture 15	Quality control of battery manufacturing	29th of April 13:15	Till Dreier	SB-H3
Lecture 16	Plan for the lab project	29th of April 14:15	Jinhua Sun	SB-H3

 

Course literature

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Also list reference literature, further reading, and other non-mandatory texts.

Course design

This is a specific course with a focus on the current battery materials and battery manufacturing with following content:

Part 1: 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
• Battery management system

Part 2: Lab project

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

There will be quizzes, seminars and presentations.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

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.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/find-course-and-programme-syllabi/course-syllabus/TRA360/?acYear=2026/2027

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

The performance and engagement during the lectures and lab project.

The result from the quizzes.

The final report.