2025-Fall Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations (BATT623-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. BATT623 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major elective Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours TUE, THU / 11:00 ~ 12:15 / GIFT Lecture Room [302] Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Hong Jihyun Name Hong Jihyun Department Dept. of Battery Eng.
Email address jhong@postech.ac.kr Homepage https://ieml.postech.ac.kr
Office Office Phone 054-279-9019
Office Hours

3. Course Objectives

• Develop a fundamental understanding of thermodynamics and phase transformations in solid-state materials
• Analyze electrochemical profiles and redox mechanisms in battery materials based on thermodynamic and phase behavior
• Build intuition for both equilibrium and non-equilibrium electrochemical reaction mechanisms in solid-state electrodes

4. Prerequisites & require

Students are expected to have the “basic knowledge” about General Materials Science, Inorganic chemistry, and Electrochemistry.

5. Grading

Attendance (15), Attitude (15), Individual project (presentation, 30), Mid-term exam (40)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition		 ISBN
Lecture materials will be prepared by PDF file 0000

7. Course References

1) Advanced Batteries: Materials Science Aspects by Robert A. Huggins
2) Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials – David R. Gaskell
3) Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys – D.A. Porter & K.E. Easterling
4) Selected papers from the Martin Bazant (MIT) group, William Chueh (Stanford) group, etc.

8. Course Plan

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance

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