Sustainable Energy Infrastructure (211040-003)
The course will take place in two blocks :
During the first week of November, there will be a series of introductory lectures after which every student will be assigned a topic including instructions and references. During the semester the students will prepare their topic and we will make feedback meetings (online) on your progress. The second block will be a series of lectures during the last week of January in which each student will do a 20 minute presentation on the assigned topic. This presentation will be graded and count as the final exam for the module.
Here are the dates, times and rooms for the lectures :
Date time room
Mo, 03.11. 2025 17.15-18.45 A10.367
Di, 04.11.2025 9.15-10.45 A10.367
Mi, 05.11. 2025 15.30-17.00 A10.367
Do, 06.11. 2025 9.15-10.45 A10.367
Fr, 07.11.2025 9.15-10.45 A12.232
Here is a collection of links to documents that we discussed in the lectures :
David MacKay - Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air
https://www.withouthotair.com/
pdf download :
https://www.withouthotair.com/download.html
Lecture Notes of the Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy:
https://epjwoc.epj.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2020/22/contents/contents.html
Lecture on history of climate change - Dirk Notz
Lecture on sustainable energy - Andrea Contin
Lecture on chemical energy conversion - Alexander Auer
Lecture on chemical energy conversion :
The transition to a sustainable energy economy relies on the availability of key technologies for energy conversion and storage. The development and evolution of these technologies is becoming a central aspect for scientists in research and industry.
The purpose of this module is to outline various scenarios and key reactions, materials and devices for a renewable energy economy. We will discuss the complexity of the transition from fossil to renewable resources and focus on specific aspects in materials science like functional materials and important reactions in catalysis like water splitting and hydrogen evolution.