Angelo DI BERNARDO | PHYSICS OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES

cod. 0512900016

PHYSICS OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES

	0512900016
	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS "E. R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF6
	SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABILITY
	2023/2024

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
	FULL ACADEMIC YEAR

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
1	FISICA DEI MATERIALI PER LE FONTI RINNOVABILI (MODULO DI FISICA DEI MATERIALI E DELLE NANOTECNOLOGIE SOSTENIBILI)
	FIS/03	3	24	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
	FIS/03	3	36	LAB	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
2	LABORATORIO DI NANOTECNOLOGIE (MODULO DI FISICA DEI MATERIALI E DELLE NANOTECNOLOGIE SOSTENIBILI)
	FIS/03	3	24	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
	FIS/03	3	36	LAB	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THIS COURSE AIMS AT DEVELOPING PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICS OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES AS WELL AS OF THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES UNDERLYING THE SAME ENERGY PRODUCTION. BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD DEVELOP A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, BAND STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS, PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (E.G., OPTICAL, ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL). IN ADDITION, A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL PROCESSES USED FOR THE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES (E.G., PHOTOVOLTAIC, EOLIC, GEOTHERMAL AND HYDROELECTRIC) SHOULD BE GAINED. AFTER ATTENDING THIS COURSE, A STUDENT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MAIN DEVICES USED FOR THE STORAGE OF ENERGY AND FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY ALONG WITH THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES RELATED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENAWABLE SOURCES.

THIS COURSE AIMS AT DEVELOPING PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICS OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES AS WELL AS OF THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES UNDERLYING THE SAME ENERGY PRODUCTION. BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS SHOULD DEVELOP A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, BAND STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS, PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (E.G., OPTICAL, ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL). IN ADDITION, A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL PROCESSES USED FOR THE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES (E.G., PHOTOVOLTAIC, EOLIC, GEOTHERMAL AND HYDROELECTRIC) SHOULD BE GAINED. AFTER ATTENDING THIS COURSE, A STUDENT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MAIN DEVICES USED FOR THE STORAGE OF ENERGY AND FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF THEIR ENERGY EFFICIENCY ALONG WITH THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES RELATED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENAWABLE SOURCES.

	Prerequisites
	THE PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE INCLUDE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN GAINED BY THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME. IN ADDITION, BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS IS REQUIRED FOR THE EXERCISES THAT THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO SOLVE AS PART OF THE COURSE.

	Contents
	THROUGH THE COURSE, THE LECTURER WILL TRANSFER BOTH A THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING AND A PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN SOURCES AND MATERIALS AS WELL AS OF THE MAIN NANOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES WHICH ARE USED FOR THE STORAGE AND PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 80 HOURS (8 CFU) OF IN-CLASS TEACHING, 20 HOURS (2 CFU) OF EXERCISES AND 20 HOURS (2 CFU) OF LAB ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE IN-CLASS LECTURES ARE LISTED BELOW. • MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY INCLUDING: BASICS OF SOLID-STATE PHYSICS AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTION, ABSORBANCE AND EMISSION SPECTRA, ELECTRONS IN SOLIDS AND SEMICONDUCTORS, BAND STRUCTURE OF SILICON (SI), P-N JUNCTIONS, SI-BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, INTRINSIC LIMITS TO CONVERSION EFFICIENCY, NANOSCALE-LEVEL PROCESSES AND NANOMATERIALS USED FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR CELLS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANTS (2 CFU). • MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR WIND ENERGY: FLUID MECHANICS AND VISCOSITY, BEAUFORT SCALE, WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION, ANEMOMETRY, THEORY OF AXIAL MOVEMENT AND BETZ LIMIT, WIND TURBINES, CONSIDERATIONS ON ECONOMIC IMPACT AND POWER PLANTS, NOVEL NANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR WIND PARKS (2 CFU). • MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: BASICS OF THERMODYNAMICS, CARNOT CYCLE, PHYSICAL PROCESSES FOR HEAT TRANSFER (CONDUCTION, CONVECTION AND THERMAL RADIATION), STERLING ENGINE, EFFICIENCY LIMITS FOR REAL ENGINES, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, ANALYSIS OF HEAT CIRCUITS (INCL. TERMINOLOGY), SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ENTHALPY, HEAT PUMPS AND REFRIGERATORS, PROPERTIES OF ROCKS, GEOTHERMAL PLANTS, ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL PLANTS, ABUNDANCE OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES, CASE-STUDIES OF APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (2 CFU). • MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY: FUNDAMENTAL LOAWS OF HYDROSTATIC, POTENTIAL ENERGY AND PRESSURE, BERNOULLI'S LAW, CONTINUITY EQUATION, HYDRAULIC POWER, PULSE AND REACTION TURBINES, HYDRAULIC RAM PUMP, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEMS (2 CFU). THROUGH EXERCISE CLASSES AND LAB EXPERIMENTS, THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TEST THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED DURING THE LECTURES AND TO VERIFY HOW SOME OF THE CONCEPTS DISCUSSED ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN PRACTICE.

Contents

THROUGH THE COURSE, THE LECTURER WILL TRANSFER BOTH A THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING AND A PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN SOURCES AND MATERIALS AS WELL AS OF THE MAIN NANOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES WHICH ARE USED FOR THE STORAGE AND PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 80 HOURS (8 CFU) OF IN-CLASS TEACHING, 20 HOURS (2 CFU) OF EXERCISES AND 20 HOURS (2 CFU) OF LAB ACTIVITIES.

SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE IN-CLASS LECTURES ARE LISTED BELOW.

• MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY INCLUDING: BASICS OF SOLID-STATE PHYSICS AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTION, ABSORBANCE AND EMISSION SPECTRA, ELECTRONS IN SOLIDS AND SEMICONDUCTORS, BAND STRUCTURE OF SILICON (SI), P-N JUNCTIONS, SI-BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, INTRINSIC LIMITS TO CONVERSION EFFICIENCY, NANOSCALE-LEVEL PROCESSES AND NANOMATERIALS USED FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR CELLS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANTS (2 CFU).

• MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR WIND ENERGY: FLUID MECHANICS AND VISCOSITY, BEAUFORT SCALE, WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION, ANEMOMETRY, THEORY OF AXIAL MOVEMENT AND BETZ LIMIT, WIND TURBINES, CONSIDERATIONS ON ECONOMIC IMPACT AND POWER PLANTS, NOVEL NANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR WIND PARKS (2 CFU).

• MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: BASICS OF THERMODYNAMICS, CARNOT CYCLE, PHYSICAL PROCESSES FOR HEAT TRANSFER (CONDUCTION, CONVECTION AND THERMAL RADIATION), STERLING ENGINE, EFFICIENCY LIMITS FOR REAL ENGINES, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, ANALYSIS OF HEAT CIRCUITS (INCL. TERMINOLOGY), SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ENTHALPY, HEAT PUMPS AND REFRIGERATORS, PROPERTIES OF ROCKS, GEOTHERMAL PLANTS, ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL PLANTS, ABUNDANCE OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES, CASE-STUDIES OF APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (2 CFU).

• MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES FOR HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY: FUNDAMENTAL LOAWS OF HYDROSTATIC, POTENTIAL ENERGY AND PRESSURE, BERNOULLI'S LAW, CONTINUITY EQUATION, HYDRAULIC POWER, PULSE AND REACTION TURBINES, HYDRAULIC RAM PUMP, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEMS (2 CFU).

THROUGH EXERCISE CLASSES AND LAB EXPERIMENTS, THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TEST THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED DURING THE LECTURES AND TO VERIFY HOW SOME OF THE CONCEPTS DISCUSSED ARE ACTUALLY PUT IN PRACTICE.

	Teaching Methods
	IF ALL STUDENTS AGREE, THE COURSE CAN BE TAUGHT BY THE LECTURER IN ENGLISH. SHOULD THIS BE A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE, THE LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN IN ITALIAN. THE COURSE IS MADE OF 80 HOURS OF IN-CLASS TEACHING (8 CFU), 20 HOURS OF EXERCISES (2 CFU) AND 20 HOURS OF LAB ACTIVITIES (2 CFU). ATTENDING THE COURSE IS NOT MANDATORY, ALTHOUGH IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BECAUSE IT WOULD PROVE USEFUL FOR THE EXERCISES AND LAB ACTIVITIES -- THESE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE FINAL GRADE. DURING THE EXERCISE AND LAB SESSIONS, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS RELATED TO THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE IN-CLASS LECTURES.

Teaching Methods

IF ALL STUDENTS AGREE, THE COURSE CAN BE TAUGHT BY THE LECTURER IN ENGLISH. SHOULD THIS BE A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE, THE LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN IN ITALIAN.

THE COURSE IS MADE OF 80 HOURS OF IN-CLASS TEACHING (8 CFU), 20 HOURS OF EXERCISES (2 CFU) AND 20 HOURS OF LAB ACTIVITIES (2 CFU). ATTENDING THE COURSE IS NOT MANDATORY, ALTHOUGH IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BECAUSE IT WOULD PROVE USEFUL FOR THE EXERCISES AND LAB ACTIVITIES -- THESE CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE FINAL GRADE. DURING THE EXERCISE AND LAB SESSIONS, THE STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS RELATED TO THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE IN-CLASS LECTURES.

	Verification of learning
	THE FINAL EXAM IS AN ORAL EXAM WHICH WILL BE EVALUATED ON A GRADING SCALE FROM 1 TO 30 (18 BEING THE MINIMUM GRADE TO GET PASS THE EXAM). STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY TO PASS AN INTERMEDIATE EXAM, AFTER THE FIRST MODULE OF THE COURSE IS COMPLETE. IN CASE A STUDENT DECIDES TO TAKE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY, THE FINAL ORAL EXAM FOR THEM WILL ONLY BE FOCUSED ON THE SECOND MODULE OF THE COURSE. THE ORAL EXAM MARK MAKES UP FOR 70% OF THE TOTAL FINAL GRADE. THE MARK OF THE REMAINING 30% WILL BE GIVEN BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A STUDENT IN THE PLANNED LAB ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES. FOR THE ORAL EXAM, THE LOWEST GRADE FOR PASS (I.E., 18/30) IS GIVEN WHEN A STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC TOPICS COVERED DURIGN THE COURSE, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE PHYSICS OF MATERIALS AND TO THE NANOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGIES. THE HIGHEST GRADE FOR THE ORAL EXAM (I.E., 30/30) IS GIVEN WHEN A STUDENT SHOWS A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE MAIN CONCEPTS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES COVERED DURING THE IN-CLASS LECTURES. THE DISTINCTION 'CUM LAUDE' IS GRANTED WHEN A STUDENT SHOWS TO HAVE DELVED DEEPER INTO THE SUBJECT, EVEN BEYOND THE LEVEL OF DEPTH REACHED DURING LECTURES, AND WHEN THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN PRESENT ANY COURSE-RELATED TOPICS USING PROPER TECHNICAL TERMS.

Verification of learning

THE FINAL EXAM IS AN ORAL EXAM WHICH WILL BE EVALUATED ON A GRADING SCALE FROM 1 TO 30 (18 BEING THE MINIMUM GRADE TO GET PASS THE EXAM). STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY TO PASS AN INTERMEDIATE EXAM, AFTER THE FIRST MODULE OF THE COURSE IS COMPLETE. IN CASE A STUDENT DECIDES TO TAKE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY, THE FINAL ORAL EXAM FOR THEM WILL ONLY BE FOCUSED ON THE SECOND MODULE OF THE COURSE.

THE ORAL EXAM MARK MAKES UP FOR 70% OF THE TOTAL FINAL GRADE. THE MARK OF THE REMAINING 30% WILL BE GIVEN BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A STUDENT IN THE PLANNED LAB ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES.

FOR THE ORAL EXAM, THE LOWEST GRADE FOR PASS (I.E., 18/30) IS GIVEN WHEN A STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC TOPICS COVERED DURIGN THE COURSE, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE PHYSICS OF MATERIALS AND TO THE NANOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGIES. THE HIGHEST GRADE FOR THE ORAL EXAM (I.E., 30/30) IS GIVEN WHEN A STUDENT SHOWS A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE MAIN CONCEPTS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES COVERED DURING THE IN-CLASS LECTURES. THE DISTINCTION 'CUM LAUDE' IS GRANTED WHEN A STUDENT SHOWS TO HAVE DELVED DEEPER INTO THE SUBJECT, EVEN BEYOND THE LEVEL OF DEPTH REACHED DURING LECTURES, AND WHEN THEY SHOW THAT THEY CAN PRESENT ANY COURSE-RELATED TOPICS USING PROPER TECHNICAL TERMS.

	Texts
	J. TWIDELL AND T. WEIR, "RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES" (2ND ED., TAYLOR AND FRANCIS GROUP), R. L. JAFFE AND W. TAYLOR, "THE PHYSICS OF ENERGY" (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS). ADDITIONAL LECTURE MATERIAL WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE LECTURER.

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