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10240 Design-Build 2: Rational catalyst design for General Engineering

2020/2021

This course is only available for students enrolled on the Bachelor study line in General Engineering
Kursusinformation
Design-Build 2: Rational catalyst design for General Engineering
Engelsk
5
Bachelor
Juni
Campus Lyngby
Note that international students who cannot be in Denmark will be given the option of zooming in to follow their classmate's experiments and to take the exam online.
Problem-based team projects:
Explore the mechanism and activity descriptors for H2O2 decomposition using theoretical simulations and experimental techniques. Devise strategies towards the rational design of better catalysts for this process.
Research project on a specific catalytic process, which explores the mechanism, activity descriptors, catalyst structural characterization, and catalyst design strategies.
3-uger
Sidste dag(e) i 3-ugersperioden
Mundtlig eksamen og bedømmelse af rapport(er)
Alle hjælpemidler er tilladt
bestået/ikke bestået , intern bedømmelse
01006: Advanced Mathematics 1, 10018: Physics 1, 02631: Introduction to programming and data processing, 26030: Fundamental Chemistry, 27016: Design-Build 1
Karen Chan , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 311 , kchan@fysik.dtu.dk
Jakob Kibsgaard , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 312, Tlf. (+45) 4525 3290 , jkib@fysik.dtu.dk
Christian Danvad Damsgaard , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 307, Tlf. (+45) 4525 6487 , cdda@dtu.dk
Ole Lynnerup Trinhammer , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 307, Tlf. (+45) 4525 3212 , ole.trinhammer@fysik.dtu.dk
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This course is only available for students enrolled on the Bachelor study line in General Engineering
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Overordnede kursusmål
To learn basic principles and applications of heterogeneous catalysis and to be immersed in project work in teams.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
  • Devise project plans for the 3-weeks course, taking into account the time constraints of the different project stages and the skills and competencies represented by individual team members
  • Explain basic principles of heterogeneous catalysis: reaction thermodynamics and kinetics, scaling relationships, d-band model, activity descriptors, structure of single crystal surfaces
  • Use kinetic modelling to relate reaction energetics from density functional theory to activity trends in H2O2 decomposition
  • Explain how the catalytic activity for reactions like H2O2 decomposition is measured
  • Explain how the chemical composition of a catalyst is determined through EDX
  • Explain how the structure of a catalyst is determined with XRD and STM
  • Present scientific ideas in oral and written form, in a clear and coherent manner
  • Work effectively in interdisciplinary teams
  • From literature review for a specific catalytic process, explain the mechanism(s), activity descriptor(s), structural characterization, controversies in literature, and strategies for catalyst design.
Kursusindhold
The first task to be solved in this course is focused on studying the decomposition of H2O2, which has an important application in water treatment. You will use a combination of experimental techniques as well as density functional theory and kinetic modelling towards mechanistic understanding, establishing activity descriptors, and devising strategies towards the rational design for catalysts for this process.


The second task will build upon the general concepts learned in the first: each team will research a specific catalytic process: the activity descriptors, possible controversies in the literature, and their perspectives on strategies for catalyst design.

Interdisciplinary student teams will be formed with special consideration for the required skills/competencies needed for the problem.
Sidst opdateret
29. april, 2021