Materials and Devices for Energy Harvesting and Storage

Code:

PRODEF032

Acronym:

MDRAE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics Engineering

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Engineering Physics
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Engineering Physics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEF	4	Syllabus since 2009/2010	1	-	6	28	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Students in this course unit should acquire advanced research skills in a field of Engineering Physics, by definition, an area of ​​high transdisciplinary dynamics that operates on the frontier between concepts of advanced physics and engineering practices in order to transform ideas of science and innovation into potential market products. Thus students should be able to:

1) Identify problems associated with scientific and societal challenges for which they will develop their research approach. In this case, challenges related to the need to free modern society from dependence on fossil fuels associated with a rapid transition to energy harvesting and energy storage of alternative energy sources.

2) Acquire theoretical knowledge and intuition in physics that allow them to structure the research problem they face.

3) Acquire advanced experimental skills, resulting from work in a research laboratory to test the various solutions designed.

4) Achieve the ability to articulate a research problem in Engineering Physics, from its theoretical conception to a final prototype capable of contributing to its resolution.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Mandatory literature

David Sholl, Janice A Steckel; Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction, Wiley, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-470-37317-0
Francois Beguin (Editor), Elzbieta Frackowiak (Editor); Supercapacitors: Materials, Systems, and Applications, WILEY-VCH, 2013. ISBN: 978-3-527-32883-3
Robert A. Huggins; Advanced batteries. ISBN: 978-1-4419-4550-1
I. Prigogine Stuart A. Rice ; Advances in Chemical Physics, 1987. ISBN: 9780470142967

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	45,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	62,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Does not apply

Calculation formula of final grade