Study Materials

In the table below are selected supplementary lecture topics. These lecture notes from previous years were scribed by students who took this class and are used with their permission. The notes were written by the students as homework assignments.

Electrostatics

• 2011 Lecture 26: Compact Part of the Double Layer (PDF)
• 2011 Lecture 27a: Diffuse Charge at Electrode (PDF)
• 2011 Lecture 27b: Diffuse Charge in Membranes (PDF)
• 2011 Lecture 28: Electrostatic Correlations (PDF)

Electrokinetics

• 2011 Lecture 29: Electrokinetics (PDF - 1.3MB)
• 2011 Lecture 30: Linear Electrokinetic Phenomena (PDF)
• 2011 Lecture 31: Electrokinetic Energy Conversion (PDF)

Phase Transformations

• 2011 Lecture 38: Nucleation and Spinodal Decomposition (PDF)
• 2011 Lecture 39: Reaction-limited Phase Separation (PDF)

Reaction Kinetics

• 2009 Lecture 10: Stochastic Theory of Reaction Rates (PDF)
• 2009 Lecture 11: Kramers Escape Problem (PDF)
• Escape from a Symmetric Trap (PDF)
• 2009 Lecture 12: Reactions as Rare Events (PDF)

Quantum Mechanics

• 2009 Lecture 17: Introduction to Quantum Theory of Solids (PDF)
• 2009 Lecture 18: Electronic Structure of Electrodes (PDF)
• 2009 Lecture 19: Electronic Contributions to OCV in Batteries and Solar Cells (PDF - 1.2MB)
• 2009 Lecture 20: Quantum Tunneling of Electrons (PDF)