Energy and Energetic Options
1
2024-2025
02016382
Chemistry
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
5.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Knowledge in Physial Chemistry and Materials Chemistry.
Teaching Methods
Master classes, debates and seminars on emerging topics.
Learning Outcomes
Recognize the role of various energy alternatives for which Chemistry contributes and it relation to the energy needs of our society.
Recognizing the potential and limitations of various relevant technologies. Identify the most important scientific challenges of emerging technologies.
Knowing the language and recognize the scientific instruments and experimental methodologies in the area.
Meet specific content in the study area, including the solar cells, biomass and wind, and the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and reactivity when applied to systems relevant to energy conversion.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Energy and Society (Efficiency; Economics)
Solar Cells (Silicon Cells and semiconductors; Dye cells; Organic polymer cells)
Solar fuels (Natural and artificial photosynthesis; Water Photo electrolysis ; CO2 reduction)
Biofuels (Gasification; Combustion)
Fuel cells
Conversion of heat into voltage / thermoelectric materials
Nuclear Energy
Wind, Tidal and Waves Energy
Energy and the Future (Learning, World Politics).
Head Lecturer(s)
Carlos Alberto Lourenço de Serpa Soares
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Intervention in classes : 20.0%
Frequency: 30.0%
Teaching a class with debate : 30.0%
Bibliography
[1] Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells, Editor: Arvind Victor Shah, CRC Press, 2010.
[2] Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram, CRC Press, 2010.
[3] Polymer Photovoltaics: a pratical approach, Editos Frederik C. Crebs, SPIE Press,2008.
[4] Energy for a Sustainable World: From the Oil Age to a Sun-Powered Future, Vincenzo Balzani, and Nicola Armaroli, Wiley-VCH, 2011.
[5] Wind Turbines, T. Al-Shemmeri, Ventus Publishing ApS, 2010.
[6] Sustainable Energy - without the hot air, David JC MacKay, Cambridge, 2009.
[7] International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, Edited by Joanne Evans and Lester C. Hunt, Published by
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2009.