MATERIALI E TECNOLOGIE PER LA SOSTENIBILITA'

The aim of this course is to provide students with fundamental knowledge of the physics underlying materials and technologies for sustainability. The approach adopted is phenomenological and practical.

With reference to the topics covered, the course will promote the following competencies:

- Knowledge and understanding: Ability to engage in inductive and deductive reasoning. Ability to conceptualize a natural phenomenon in basic terms of ecological footprint.

- Applying knowledge and understanding: Ability to apply the acquired knowledge to describe physical phenomena rigorously using the scientific method. Ability to apply this knowledge to analyze new problems.

- Making judgements: Ability to engage in critical thinking. Ability to identify the most appropriate methods to critically analyze, interpret, and process problem-related data.

- Communication skills: Ability to present a scientific topic orally with proper language and precise terminology, clearly explaining its motivations and results.

- Learning skills: Ability to acquire adequate knowledge tools to independently expand one’s understanding. Ability to use databases and bibliographic resources to extract information and insights useful for framing and developing sustainability-related issues.

The course is primarily delivered through traditional lectures. On some occasions, exercises will be carried out using a cooperative learning approach.

Should the course be delivered in a blended or distance learning format, the necessary adjustments may be introduced with respect to the above, in order to ensure compliance with the planned program as outlined in the syllabus.

Text comprehension, basic concepts of Calculus 1 and Physics 1.

Scalar and vector quantities. Operations with vectors.

Attendance is normally mandatory.

Should the course be delivered in a blended or distance learning format, the necessary adjustments may be introduced.

1) Sustainability

Introduction. Ecological footprint

Circular economy

Critical materials

2) Energy

Primary energy and global consumption: current status and projections

Renewable sources and technologies (solar, wind, green hydrogen, ...)

Catalysts

Energy storage (innovative batteries, supercapacitors, ...)

3) Electronics

Development and materials in use

Semiconductors (from silicon to diamond)

High-power and high-frequency devices

Flexible and edible electronics

4) Environment and Sensing

Detection of environmental parameters

Sensing technologies

Biosensing

Mitigation of micro- and nanoplastics

5) Photonics

Lighting technologies

Innovative materials and technologies

Ecological impact

Many web-references will be indicated in the professors’ slides, in addition to portions of the following texts:

1) Brundtland, G. H. , Khalid, M. (1987). Our common future. Oxford University Press, Oxford

Our Common Future

World Commission on Environment and Development

2) Sustainable Materials for Electrochemcial Capacitors

di Inamuddin

Editore:

WILEY-SCRIVENER

EAN: 9781394166237

ISBN:1394166230

3) Sustainable Materials for Transitional and Alternative Energy

1st Edition - February 12, 2021

Editors: Mufrettin Murat Sari, Cenk Temizel, Celal Hakan Canbaz, Luigi Saputelli, Ole Torsaeter

Language: English

Paperback ISBN: 9780128243794

9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 3 7 9 - 4

eBook ISBN: 9780128243992

4) Sustainable Materials for Sensing and Remediation of Noxious Pollutants

1st Edition - August 5, 2022

Editors: Inderjeet Tyagi, Joanna Goscianska, Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri

Language: English

Paperback ISBN: 9780323994255

9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 4 2 5 - 5

eBook ISBN: 9780323994262

5) Renewable and Sustainable Materials in Green Technology

di Mohd Firdaus Yhaya , Husnul Azan Tajarudin , Mardiana Idayu Ahmad

Editore:

Springer-Verlag GmbH

Collana:

Green Energy and Technology

EAN:

9783319751207

ISBN:

3319751204

The exam consists of an oral test, during which the student presents their own work (such as a paper, slide presentation, etc.), followed by several questions from the instructor on the topics covered in the course.

The evaluation criteria for the oral exam will include: relevance of the answers to the questions asked, quality of content, ability to make connections with other topics in the program, ability to provide examples, appropriate use of technical language, and the student’s overall expressive skills.

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The above guidelines are intended to assist students in planning and adequately preparing for the exams, but they do not constitute any constraint on the judgment of the examination board.

Should the course be delivered in a blended or distance learning format, the necessary adjustments may be introduced with respect to the above, in order to ensure compliance with the planned program as outlined in the syllabus.

The assessment of learning may also be conducted online if circumstances require it.