2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
Energy Conversion Ceramics Materials
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Energy Science and Informatics
- Instructor(s)
- David Baniecki John / Masahiro Miyauchi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Blended)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ESI.J408
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course introduces fundamental properties of ceramic materials which are central to their use in renewable energy systems as well as fabrication and processing approaches, highlighting their application in fuel cells.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1)Explain various types of energy-conversion materials.
2)Describe the cutting-edge researches for energy-conversion materials.
3)Train the plan of the advanced researches.
Keywords
energy-conversion materials, Semiconductor, Solid oxide fuel cell, Electrical energy storage, Energy saving, ceramic materials, ceramic properties, ceramic processing.
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Classes will be conducted in a blended format, consisting of both in-person and live (ZOOM) sessions. Whether it will be in-person or through ZOOM will be communicated by the instructor. For good communication between the lecturer and students, Q&A time and/or quiz will be organized.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Carbon-neutral energy sources and renewable energy systems | Understand current energy crisis and need for new renewable energy conversion materials, technologies, and systems. |
| Class 2 | Ceramic materials I: Fundamental properties and materials | Understand fundamental properties of materials as they relate to energy conversion, including electronic and atomic structure. |
| Class 3 | Ceramic materials II: Fabrication and processing approaches | An introduction to fabrication and processing of both bulk and thin film ceramic materials. |
| Class 4 | Introduction to applications of energy conversion ceramics | A survey of applications of energy conversion ceramic materials including fuel cells and batteries. |
| Class 5 | Overview of fuel cell concepts I: definition of fuel cells and basic operation | Introduction to fuel cell operation including half cell reactions at the cathode and anode. |
| Class 6 | Overview of fuel cell concepts II: Fuel cell efficiency and fuel cell reaction kinetics, transport and modeling | Development of basic relations based on thermodynamics to determine fuel cell efficiency. Also rate limiting reaction kinetics at the anode and cathode will be convered. |
| Class 7 | Advantages and disadvantages of fuel cells, regenerative fuel cells, comparison to batteries | A comparison of merits and demerits of fuel cells, introduction to regenerative fuel cells, and a comparison to batteries. |
| Class 8 | Test | A final course test covering lectures 1-7. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Course materials are depended on the professor's order.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are provided during class or uploaded on website.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluate by total of score of multiple quizzes asked by the professor, grade of homework, and the score of the test.
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
John D. Baniecki jbanieck[at]slac.stanford.edu
Masahiro Miyauchi mmiyauchi[at]ceram.titech.ac.jp