TK5036

S I S T E M P E N Y I M PA N A N E N E RG I
Tutorial I
Exercise 1

What electrode or reaction pair can theoretically produce almost 6 V-battery?

Write the reaction pair, and the overall reaction!

Exercise 2

What is the standard battery cell voltage for this battery? Write down the half-
cell reactions while working on this problem.
Exercise 3

What is the standard reduction potential for the NiOOH electrode, if the standard reduction potential E0 for Cd is
− 0.40 V and cell voltage for a Ni–Cd battery is 1.2 V?
Exercise 4

Calculate cell voltage for alkaline primary battery with Zn and MnO2 electrodes, if ΔG = − 277 kJ/mol.

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Exercise 5

Determine the Gibbs-free energy change for the zinc–chlorine battery in acidic electrolyte, if E0 cell is 2.121 V and
the number of electrons in the reaction is 2.

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Exercise 6

Calculate the theoretical capacity of an electrochemical cell comprising Zn and Cl2. The molecular weight of zinc
and chlorine are 65.4 g/mol and 35.5 g/mol respectively.
𝑍𝑛(") + 𝐶𝑙$ (%) ↔ 𝑍𝑛𝐶𝑙$ (&')
Exercise 7

Reaction for alkaline battery are given as follow:

𝑍𝑛(") + 2𝑂𝐻 ( (&') → 𝑍𝑛𝑂(") + 𝐻$ 𝑂()) + 2𝑒 ( 𝐸 + = −1.28 𝑉/𝑆𝐻𝐸

2𝑀𝑛𝑂$ (") + 𝐻$ 𝑂()) + 2𝑒 ( → 𝑀𝑛$ 𝑂* (") + 𝐻$ 𝑂()) + 2𝑂𝐻 ( (&') 𝐸 + = +0.15 𝑉/𝑆𝐻𝐸

a. Calculate the standard cell potential.

b. If it is known that the capacity of this type of battery is 224 Ah/kg, estimate the weight of the active battery
material to run electronic equipment for 10 hours with an electric current of 5A.