For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESC5105 | Applied Energy Electrochemistry | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | English | Yes | |
| This subject covers fundamentals of electrochemistry and the applied electrochemical theories for the electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems. The purpose of this course is to gain an understanding of the concept of recent electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems through in-depth knowledge of applied electrochemistry. So students can improve their electrochemical knowledge to design next generation electrochemical energy systems. | |||||||||
| ESC5106 | Thermodynamics of Energy System | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Korean | Yes | |
| Lecture and study on Principle of Thermodynamics and utilization of thermodynamic data. Law of Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic variables and relations, Thermodynamic Equilibrium, Statistical Thermodynamics, Multicomponent Solid Solution, Phase Equilibrium, Defect Crystals, and Electrochemistry. In particular, understanding energy related materials, devices, and system by thermodynamics will be the core of lectures. | |||||||||
| ESC5107 | Principles of Energy Materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Introduction to materials’ fundamentals for renewable energy productions, conversion, and storage. Introduction to materials science and engineering. Structures of materials, Quantum Mechanics, Materials Processing and Physical properties of materials. Education are concentrated with the chemical processes and physical properties of materials and energy covering a wide field extending from quantum processes to devices. | |||||||||
| ESC5108 | Fundamentals of Energy Devices | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | English | Yes | |
| In order to secure a stable supply of energy in the environment of global warming issues, depletion of fossil fuels, and the fulfillment of Kyoto Protocol about greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations, research and development of alternative energy and energy devices such as solar cell, thermoelectric devices, and light emitting diode are urgently needed. In this course, students can learn the basic principle and application of various energy devices. | |||||||||
| ESC5110 | Quantum Concepts for Energy | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | English | Yes | |
| This subject is planned to teach various background students the basic quantum mechanics for energy science. Energy science requires wide and deep knowledge on natural science such as physics and chemistry. Recent research trend, which is called as 'nano science', particularly emphasizes clear understanding of these basic science. However, students from engineering school such as electronic engineering, materials science, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering have difficulties in adopting and utilizing concepts of quantum mechanics for their in-depth study in laboratory. Professors in department of energy science ask their students proper and practical teaching of this subject. Quantum concepts for energy arose from Max Planck's solution in 1900 to the black-body radiation problem (reported in 1859) and Albert Einstein's 1905 paper which offered a quantum-based theory to explain the photoelectric effect (reported in 1887). The mathematical formulations of this subject are abstract. In this course, easy and straightforward mathematical approach will be adopted for non-physics major students. A mathematical function, the wave function, describes information about the probability amplitude of position, momentum, and other physical properties of a particle. Important applications of quantum mechanical theory include superconductors, LEDs and the laser, transistors and semiconductor, imaging devices such as MRI and electron microscopy et al. | |||||||||
| ESC5114 | Electromagnetism for Energy | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Electromagnetism provides the theoretical bases of energy materials, energy phenomena and energy applications. This course amis to learn and understand the basic concepts and mathematical comprehension of electromagnetism, of which contents cover vector algebra, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction and Maxwell's equations. | |||||||||
| ESC5115 | Crystal Structures of Energy Materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course focuses on the understanding of the basic concept of crystallography. The lecture begins with the introduction of 7 crystal systems and 14 Bravias lattices. Then, based on these model crystal structures, the crystallographic computation on the bond length, bond angle and the interplanar spacings are explained based on metric tensor and matrix. The basic symmetry operations are defined for 2-D crystals and then the point group symmetry and plane groups are determined. The symmetry operations and the point group symmetry are extended for 3-D crystals to define 230 space groups. A commercially available software (VESTA) is utilized for the practice of students on how crystallographic computation and symmetry operation can be executed and how crystal structures are drawn for specific space groups. Finally, several examples of important crystals which are widely used for energy applications are given to emphasize the relevance of crystal structures in their atomic bonding and packing and also the anisotropic materials' properties. | |||||||||
| ESC5116 | Instrumental Analysis for Energy | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| In this subject, general instrumental techniques, their principles and analysis methodologies will be covered. Gas and liquid chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), IR-UV spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy are the main instrumental elements for the energy science. Based on fundamental physics and chemistry knowledge, data interpretation and application using the main instruments will be educated. | |||||||||
| ESC5117 | Physical Chemistry for Energy | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | English | Yes | |
| Recently physical chemistry has been explored in various application researches including energy production and bio-engineering. Because of the limitations of time, the applications cannot be dealt in the classroom. This lecture will cover the current research trends which will be more than thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, or the traditional physical chemistry. Through this lecture, students could understand the modern chemistry and could be encouraged to be energy scientists and bio-engineers. | |||||||||
| ESC5118 | Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Transmission electron microscopy has enabled us to obtain core knowledge to understanding the fundamental physics of nanomaterials at the atomic scale since the instrument for it has provided a variety of physical/chemical information of a material such as atomic structure, electronic structure, local chemistry, and even dynamic behavior under various environmental stimuli. In particular, modern aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy has been recognized as a unprecedented powerful measurement tool for detecting and quantifying local changes in atomic positions within unit cell as well as conventional high-resolution phase contrast imaging since the instrument allow us to make the electron probe below a angstrom-scale regime. This lecture is designed for graduate students who want to build up basic and essential knowledge to exploit (S)TEM techniques for physical/chemical characterization of nano-dimensional energy materials. This lecture includes TEM instrumentation and working principles, electron-matter interaction, elastic scattering and diffraction, inelastic scattering and its spectroscopic applications, image formation principles of phase contrast, defect structure imaging and interpretation, chemical analysis with scanning probe, and image simulations. | |||||||||
| ESC5119 | Aberration-Corrected Analytical Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Korean | Yes | |
| Transmission electron microscopy is one of the analytical instruments for science that has undergone a steep change in the 2000s. Due to the practical implementation of schemes which can diagnose and correct for electromagnetic lens imperfections, electron probe in TEM can be focused down to sub-angstrom size and beam brightness can be achieved to be 10 times larger than that of conventional TEM, which is strong advantage for analytical study on the nanomaterials. This unprecedented improvement on the resolution and signal efficiency allows us to investigate fundamental phenomena occurring in nanomaterials governed by quantum physics at the scale of single atom such as subtle changes in crystal structure, electronic phase, ionic distortion, polarization and magnetic phase modulation, which then opens an exciting new era of 21st century analytical science. This lecture is designed for graduate students who want to specialize in aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) combined with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) for physical/chemical characterization of nano-dimensional energy materials. This lecture includes principles of lens aberration corrections, image forming mechanism of STEM, principles of atomic-scale EELS and EDS, which are accompanying with statistical quantification of atom positions, numerical fitting methods for spectroscopy data and quantum mechanical image simulations. | |||||||||
| ESC5120 | Characterization of Structure and Composition of Energy Materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course aims to deliver the working principles and fundamental physical theory of the instruments used for characterization of energy materials. The lecture mainly focuses on the basic theories of microscopy (optical, SEM and TEM), diffraction (X-ray diffraction and electron diffraction) and surface spectroscopy techniques (XPS, SIMS, Auger electron spectroscopy) which are widely used for materials characterization over diverse length scales (sub-atomic to macroscopic) and dimensions (bulk to surface). Upon completion of this course, the students will be familiar with basic principles of sophisticated scientific instruments and the acquired knowledge can be easily extended to other instruments. | |||||||||
| ESC5121 | Electron Diffraction of Energy Materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course aims to provide physical background and to deepen the understanding of electron diffraction and image formation theory in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The lecture covers: 1) the diffraction contrast imaging routinely used in conventional TEM and its application to defect analyses, 2) the phase contrast imaging of high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) and its quantitative interpretation based on image simulation techniques. | |||||||||
| ESC5122 | Energy Optics | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course lectures about modern optics for application in energy industry and science. This course covers basic physics (propagation, diffraction, interference, and interaction with materials) and applications (hologram, spectrum, and laser) of optics. | |||||||||
| ESC5123 | Energy Transport | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This class lectures about physical principles of energy transport in solids. This class covers internal energy and heat capacity of electrons and phonons, wave-like transport of energy (based on quantum mechanics), and particle-like transport of energy (based on classical mechanics). | |||||||||