Materials Energy Conversion

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing. (3 credits) The course includes an introduction to energy conversion and storage issues. Next, the operating principles of energy conversion and storage devices are discussed. The remainder of the course focuses on the physics and chemistry of nanostructures and nanomaterial design and processing approaches to enhanced performance photovoltaics, thermoelectrics and fuel cells.