Energetic Options
1
2022-2023
02045759
Teaching Area
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
3.0
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, and their social, economic and enveronmental impact.
Recognizing the potential and limitations of various relevant technologies. Identify the most important scientific challenges of emerging technologies.
Knowing the language used in the scientific area.
Meet specific content in the study area, including the solar cells, biomass, hidrogénio and wind.
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)
Hydrogen as energetic option
Fuel cell
Biofuels
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
Intervention in classes : 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 20.0%
Teaching a class with debate : 25.0%
Synthesis work: 25.0%
Bibliography
[1] The Future of Energy: The 2021 guide to the energy transition - renewable energy, energy technology, sustainability, hydrogen and more, John Armstrong, Energy technology Publishing, 2021.
[2] Energy for a Sustainable World: From the Oil Age to a Sun-Powered Future, Vincenzo Balzani, Nicola Armaroli, Wiley-VCH, 2011.
[3] Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram, CRC Press, 2010.
[3] Polymer Photovoltaics: a pratical approach, Editor Frederik C. Crebs, SPIE Press, 2008.
[5] Wind Energy Essentials: Societal, Economic, and Environmental Impacts, Richard P. Walker, Andrew Swift, John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
[6] Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet , Peter Hoffmann (The MIT Press) 2012.
[7] Hydrogen Energy. Challenges and Solutions for a Cleaner Future Bahman Zohuri (Springler) 2018.
[8] Energy Economics, Peter M. Schwarz, Routledge, 2017.