Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage
As the energy systems nationally and worldwide are becoming increasingly sustainable, they constitute fluctuating energy such as wind or solar, energy sources that require technologies that can convert the energy from for instance electricity into gas, or vice versa, and that can store the relevant form of energy.
Meeting the sustainable energy challenges of tomorrow requires cross-disciplinary engineers with a solid background in natural science together with systems analysis and knowledge of present and emerging energy conversion and storage technologies based on chemical processes. The specialisation Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage aims at educating these future engineers. The students achieve a solid understanding of the individual components that constitute a sustainable energy system, along with knowledge of interaction between the components, how a full system works, how it can be modelled and dimensioned, and how the components are interfacing to the energy system and the surrounding environment.
The MSc students of the Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage specialization are highly qualified for positions in the energy sector and in companies that develop and manufacture components and systems within energy conversion and storage. This means that there is a broad variety of career options within research and development, innovation, and management in the field of sustainable energy technologies.
To complete the specialization in Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage the student must fulfill the following requirements:
- Have passed Polyechinal Foundation courses adding up to at least 10 ECTS
- Have passed Progemme Specific courses adding up to at least 50 ECTS
- Have performed a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective courses to bring the total number of ECTS to the entire study to 120 ECTS
Innovation course II - choose 5 ECTS among the following courses:
| 38102 | Technology Entrepreneurship | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
Core competence courses - mandatory (30 ECTS):
| 28870 | Energy and Sustainability | 5 | point | E7 (Tues 18-22) |
| 42015 | Energy Economics | 5 | point | Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 46205 | Feasibility studies of energy projects | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 47305 | Electrochemistry | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 47319 | Functional materials | 5 | point | Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 47330 | Energy storage and conversion | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
Choose 15 ECTS among the rest of the programme specific courses:
| 10304 | Experimental Surface Physics | 10 | point | Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 10333 | Physics of Sustainable Energy | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 26510 | Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry | 10 | point | Spring F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 41418 | Green fuels and power-to-x | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 47301 | Hydrogen energy and fuel cells | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 47302 | Hydrogen and fuel cell chemistry - experimental course | 5 | point | January |
| 47310 | Battery materials and chemistries: from fundamental mechanisms to battery cells | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 47317 | Exergy analysis | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 47332 | AI-orchestrated self-driving labs | 5 | point | June |
| 47333 | Electron microscopy for materials science | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 47335 | Atomic-scale modelling of energy materials (online) | 5 | point | Spring F4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 47336 | Applications of X-ray and neutron scattering in biology, chemistry, and physics | 5 | point | August |
| 47338 | Organic energy materials | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 47514 | PhD course in advanced electrochemistry | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17) |
Elective courses (30 ECTS):
May be taken among all of DTU's courses, including surplus technological specialization courses.
Master thesis (30 ECTS):
MSc. thesis within the area of the specialization shall be conducted. The project can be completed in collaboration with a relevant company.
Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.
Study track responsible
Jens Oluf Jensen Professor Phone: +45 45252314 jojen@dtu.dk