MTE5884 Advanced photovoltaics and energy storage
Faculty of Engineering
MTE5884 Advanced photovoltaics and energy storage is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MTE5884
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MTE5884
No unit lists MTE5884 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibitions: MTE4599
Overview
Materials and principles for energy production, storage and conversion will be covered in detail. Topics include light harvesting materials, solar power conversion efficiency, interaction of light with matter, commercial and emerging photovoltaic technologies, concentrator PV, electrochemical methods, primary and secondary batteries, supercapacitors, photocatalysis, water splitting and fuels cells.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Clayton | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Appreciate why the energy landscape is changing and the role materials will play in alternate energy technologies in the broad areas of energy production, storage and conversion.
- 2
Apply the theory behind the operation of photovoltaic devices to predict and quantify the performance of solar cell materials.
- 3
Appraise various energy storage technologies including batteries, capacitors, and hydrogen storage, and discuss the benefits and shortcomings of each.
- 4
Assess novel electrochemical technologies including photo-(electro-catalysis), water splitting and fuel cells.
- 5
Design experiments to assess the performance of energy storage and conversion devices.
Workload and teaching
3 hours lectures/applied classes, 1 hour laboratory work and 8 hours of private study per week.
Where it fits
MTE5884 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Neil Cameron
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Chris McNeill
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MTE5884?
MTE5884 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MTE5884 offered?
In 2020, MTE5884 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
Which majors and minors include MTE5884?
MTE5884 is part of Materials engineering; and Renewable and sustainable energy engineering.