Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
How to Survive on Earth: Energy Materials for a Sustainable Future
University of Wollongong
This course explored the current situation of the world's energy usage, the need for us to look at alternative ways to generate, store and use energy. This has been done by looking at energy generation via solar cells, the materials used in solar cells. The course looked at energy storage in the form of batteries and which materials are used in batteries. The final component of this course has focussed on the future of innovative materials and energy production.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
David Officer
Professor
University of Wollongong
Andrew Nattestad
Professor
University of Wollongong
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop an understanding of the world's energy problems
- Debate requirements for new energy generation and storage
- Calculate our energy requirements
- Evaluate the usefulness of new energy materials
- Investigate how non-metallic conductors are used in energy generation and storage
- Explore the difference between 2D and 3D materials in the context of supercharged materials
- Compare batteries against other energy storage options
- Assess energy use, to create a more energy efficient house
- Develop an understanding of Photosynthesis and how we can mimic the process to power the planet
Issued on 24th July 2019
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