Admission Requirements
This course is available only for students in the minor Sustainable Chemistry and Biotechnology.
Description
The overarching goals of the chemical energy transition within this century is the production of clean energy where nothing but pure water is produced at the exhaust of engines and fuel cells. Such a technological dream faces scientific challenges such as the development of well performing catalysts, thin selective membranes, understanding electrochemical reactions at the nanoscale and integrating nanoscience and nanotechnology within current fuel cell and electrolysers architectures. This course introduces all the basic knowledge necessary to understand this chemical energy transition research field and proposes novel research strategies at the forefront of science and technology
Course Objectives
At the end of the course students:
can analysize scientific articles and reviews
can write reports and formulate a research proposal
can prepare a research talk based on literature reading and research proposal
can identify novelty and formulate novel and innovative research plans
know the importance of the chemical energy transition
understand kinetics and thermodynamics in electrochemical reactions
know of electrolysis, electrolyzers, fuel cells, batteries, major (electro)chemical reactions
understand the active role of membrane in electrolyzers and fuel cells
understand hydrogen and CO2 economy
understand carbon cycle, fossil fuels vs hydrogen, methanol and CO2
understand nanoscience and nanotechnology in energy harvesting
know of nanofabrication techniques used in device design
understand membrane technology in fuel cell devices
understand two dimensional membranes: graphene and nanoporous membranes
understand nanographene and polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons
Timetable
You will find the timetables for all courses and degree programmes of Leiden University in the tool MyTimetable (login). Any teaching activities that you have sucessfully registered for in MyStudyMap will automatically be displayed in MyTimeTable. Any timetables that you add manually, will be saved and automatically displayed the next time you sign in.
MyTimetable allows you to integrate your timetable with your calendar apps such as Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and other calendar apps on your smartphone. Any timetable changes will be automatically synced with your calendar. If you wish, you can also receive an email notification of the change. You can turn notifications on in ‘Settings’ (after login).
For more information, watch the video or go the the 'help-page' in MyTimetable. Please note: Joint Degree students Leiden/Delft have to merge their two different timetables into one. This video explains how to do this.
Mode of instruction
Lectures and seminars
Assessment Method
Written exam based on homework and course questions: ½ of the grade
Research proposal and review presentation: ½ of the grade (2/3 for the proposal, 1/3 for the review)
Retake exam with same format (for written exam only, not proposal-review)
Reading List
TBA
Registration
From the academic year 2022-2023 on every student has to register for courses with the new enrollment tool MyStudyMap. There are two registration periods per year: registration for the fall semester opens in July and registration for the spring semester opens in December. Please see this page for more information. Exemptions are minor students and fall semester for 1st year bachelor students: the student administration will enroll these groups for courses.
Please note that it is compulsory to both preregister and confirm your participation for every exam and retake. Not being registered for a course means that you are not allowed to participate in the final exam of the course. Confirming your exam participation is possible until ten days before the exam.
Extensive FAQ's on MyStudymap can be found here.
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