The students will learn about: 1. Frame of climate change and sustainability challenge (SDG13); 2. Framework on energies and SDG 7 goals; 3. decarbonization, geological storage and carbon dioxide mineralization; 4. Solar Energy: challenges and potential; 5. New photovoltaic technology for addressing modern solution (i.e. integrated photovoltaics); 6. Cost and Limits of current solar technology and economic frame.
Course Prerequisites
Interest on Sustainability (SDG7, SDG 13), Climate Change, Energy challenges, Modern Photovoltaics
Teaching Methods
Interactive lessons supported by PowerPoint projections (previously delivered to students). If possible, laboratory tours. The interaction stimulated and mediated by the teacher creates interesting points for discussion and allows to verify and level the knowledge useful for the understanding of some of the specialized topics covered in the course (in order to equalize the notions held by students from different master's degree courses such as Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics and Engineering).
Assessment Methods
The final evaluation includes a written exam (multi-choice test)
Texts
Didactic material (articles, insights) provided by the teacher.
Contents
In this course a general overview on the climate actions, with reference to SDG 13 and 7 will be provided, discussing the challenges in the framework of the European Green Deal plan. Then, the course will provide a broad overview on the current energy scenario and the different energy solutions highlighting advantages and issues. In addition, the course will present different perspectives on the technologies for decarbonization, geological storage and carbon dioxide mineralization along with a more detailed discussion on the most recent nanotechnological solutions and advanced in science and research. In particular, among others, the course will focus on solar energy, as a mainstream technology in the energy field. The so-called new generation solar technologies will be discussed and presented, with a special focus on the modern solutions in the photovoltaic field. Finally, an overview on the cost and on economic evaluation of the solar energy will be presented.
