This course introduces couplingissues of thermal mass transfer and electrochemical reactions in renewableenergy systems and their applications to clean, non-polluting, renewable, andnovel energy materials and devices. Gain knowledge regarding improving theutilization and conversion efficiency in energy collection, conversion, andstorage. Understand theoretical and practical limits of energy conversion amongdifferent forms and corresponding efficiencies. Learn to critically analyze thecapital cost of energy storage systems in the course project.