2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
Recent technologies of fuel cells, solar cells butteries and energy system
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
- Instructor(s)
- Fumika Sugita / Yoko Okajima / Manabu Ihara / Masaaki Hirayama / Hidetoshi Matsumoto / Tetsuo Kodera / Takashi Sasabe / Kazuhiko Maeda / Shinsuke Miyajima / Sergei Manzhos
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ESI.B431
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on 1) understanding the recent technologies of fuel cells, solar cell batteries, and energy systems. All classes are arranged such that students who do not have special knowledge of each energy technology can still understand. This course intends for students to comprehensively study recent energy technologies.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to understand and explain recent energy technologies.
Keywords
solar cells, fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, smart energy system
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In the first class, the instructor gives an overview of the course. All classes are arranged such that even students who do not have special knowledge of each energy technology can understand them. The instructor takes attendance every class.
1. 10:45~12:25 on 3rd July (Prof. Shinsuke Miyajima)
2. 10:45~12:25 on 5th July (Prof. Tetsuo Kodera)
3. 10:45~12:25 on 8th July (Prof. Takashi Sasabe)
4. 10:45~12:25 on 10th July (Prof. Kazuhiko Maeda)
5. 10:45~12:25 on 12th July (Prof. Masaaki Hirayama)
6. 10:45~12:25 on 17th July (Prof. Hidetoshi Matsumoto)
7. 10:45~12:25 on 18th July (Prof. Sergei Manzhos)
Room No.: W3-305(W332)
Course schedule/Objectives
Course schedule | Objectives | |
---|---|---|
Class 1 | Silicon solar cells (Prof. Shinsuke Miyajima): This lecture provides the basics of silicon solar cells. The structure, materials and fabrication techniques are outlined in details. | Understand the basics of silicon solar cells. |
Class 2 | Quantum technologies for energy saving (Prof. Tetsuo Kodera): This lecture provides the basics of physics and device characteristics of advanced electron devices utilizing quantum technologies, and issues for their applications. | Understand the physics and device characteristics of advanced electron devices utilizing quantum technologies. |
Class 3 | Polymer electrolyte fuel cell technology (Prof. Takashi Sasabe): Understand electrochemical system and structure of fuel cell. Recent and future study on fuel cell would be demonstrated. | Understand electro-chemical system and structure of fuel cell. |
Class 4 | Photocatalytic materials for energy production (Prof. Kazuhiko Maeda): Fundamental chemistry of photocatalysis for conversion of light energy into chemical energy will be studied, with a focus on water splitting and CO2 fixation reactions. Several topics in materials developments and reaction mechanism will be given. | Understand chemistry of photocatalysis for light energy conversion in terms of both thermodynamics and kinetics |
Class 5 | Electrochemical energy storage devices (Prof. Masaaki Hirayama): Fundamental science and developmental technology of electrochemical energy storage devices will be studied. After a brief review of battery science and technology, several topics in Materials developments, Reaction mechanism, and Development of new energy devices will be indicated. | Understand battery science and technology and research target for the future devices in order to satisfy the social demands |
Class 6 | One-dimensional (1-D) nanomaterials for energy device applications (Prof. Hidetoshi Matsumoto): this lecture deals with unique properties of 1-D nanomaterials including nanofibers and their applications for high-functional devices including supercapacitors, secondary batteries, fuel cells, and organic photovoltaics. | Understand the characteristics of 1-D nanomaterials and applications in energy conversion and storage devices. |
Class 7 | Theoretical and computational understanding of novel power generation and storage technologies (Prof. Sergei Manzhos):We will relate key phenomena in and performance characteristics of devices such solar cells, fuels cells, metal-ion batteries…to atomistic- and electronic structure-level analysis and will introduce methods typically used for such analysis such as DFT and molecular dynamics and their capabilities and pitfalls. | Achieve mechanistic understanding of key phenomena in advanced power generation and storage technologies |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are provided when necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation will be based on a reporting assignment or the quiz which is assigned during the classes.
Related courses
- ENR.A401 : Interdisciplinary scientific principles of energy 1
- ENR.A402 : Interdisciplinary scientific principles of energy 2
- ENR.A403 : Interdisciplinary principles of energy devices 1
- ENR.A404 : Interdisciplinary principles of energy devices 2
- ENR.A405 : Interdisciplinary Energy Materials Science 1
- ENR.A406 : Interdisciplinary Energy Materials Science 2
- ENR.A407 : Energy system theory
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.