NKEK13021U Sustainable Chemistry
The course covers the following topics:
- The concept of sustainable
chemistry
- Industrial aspects of
sustainable chemistry including catalytic removal of pollutants
- Advanced reaction kinetics
- Chemical and physical
processes at surfaces including surface characterization and
theoretical modeling.
- Applications of heterogeneous
catalysis including fuel cell applications, and interfacial
processes for energy storage
- Chemical energy conversion
including solar energy storage and conversion
- Renewables – organic
feedstock beyond fossil fuels Renevables – small molecule
activation and functionalization
- Green chemistry using enzymes
and other renewable biomolecules
Knowledge:
Giving examples of industrial implementations of sustainable
chemistry principles
Different types of interfaces; the solid-liquid, the solid-gas and
the liquid-gas interface but also the solid-solid and liquid-liquid
interface and how these are modeled theoretically,
Dispersion forces at the interfaces,
Thermodynamics of interfaces
Effect of charges at the interfaces,
Effect of absorption, desorption, sticking etc. at
interfaces,
Selected processes relevant to renewable chemicals including
organic and inorganic building blocks. –
Structure-function relationships in enzymes and how rational
designed enzymes can be utilized in green chemistry.
Skills:
Determine how ecofriendly a process is.
Describing catalytic processes mathematically in form of kinetic
models.
Accounting for the underlying concepts of sustainable
chemistry.
Accounting for different applications of heterogeneous catalysis
Accounting for the energetics involved in energy storage processes
and identify potentially relevant reactions
Accounting for natural photosynthesis and various approaches to
artificial photosynthesis
Accounting for different applications of homogeneous catalysis
using enzymes
Competency:
To be able to judge the ecofriendliness and
sustainability of processes
Lecture slides
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 0,5
- Excursions
- 4,5
- Lectures
- 84
- Practical exercises
- 48
- Preparation
- 275
- Total
- 412,0
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- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examinationWritten assignmentAn essay with one week preparation time and a 30 minutes oral exam. External censorship, graded according to the 7-step scale.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NKEK13021U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 2 blocks
- Placement
- Block 3 And Block 4
- Schedule
- C
- Course capacity
- No admission restriction
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience
Contracting department
- Department of Chemistry
Course responsibles
- Matthias Arenz (7-76376a7b6e7783496c716e7637747e376d74)
Lecturers
Matthias Arenz
Jesper Bendix
Kurt V. Mikkelsen
Morten Bjerrum
Tue Hassenkam