NKEK13021U Sustainable Chemistry
MSc Programme in Chemistry
The course covers the following topics:
- The basic concepts of
energy, climate and sustainable chemistry
- Industrial aspects of
sustainable chemistry
- Applications of heterogeneous
catalysis including fuel cell applications,
- Chemical energy conversion
including solar energy storage and conversion
- Renewables – organic
feedstock beyond fossil fuels
- Green chemistry using enzymes and other renewable biomolecules
Knowledge:
Harvesting of solar energy, photosynthesis and greenhouse
effect.Giving examples of industrial implementations of sustainable
chemistry and sustainable energy conversion
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:
Describing catalytic processes mathematically in form of kinetic
models.
Accounting for solar energy and greenhouse effect
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
Competency:
To be able to judge the ecofriendliness and sustainability of
processes
Literature will be announced on Absalon
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 examination, 30 min (no preparation time)Written 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
- Re-exam
same as ordinary exam
Criteria for exam assesment
See learning outcome
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
- Jan Rossmeisl (13-4c637030547175756f676b756e42656a676f306d7730666d)
Lecturers
Jan Rossmeisl
Jesper Bendix
Kurt V. Mikkelsen
Morten Bjerrum
Tue Hassenkam