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The Energy Principle in Green Chemistry
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The Energy Principle in Green Chemistry
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Academic year 2016/2017
- Type
- Facoltativo
- Credits/Recognition
- 2
- Delivery
- Tradizionale
- Language
- Inglese
- Attendance
- Obbligatoria
- Type of examination
- Orale
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Sommario del corso
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Program
The “Energy Principle” in Green Chemistry is 25 year-old and…
We recently celebrated the 25th anniversary[1],[2] of the twelve principles of green chemistry. [3]
This course will address this silver anniversary, discussing in particular the relevance and the changes around the sixth of the 12 principles: the “energy principle”.[4]
In twenty-five years, renewable energies, their production, their distribution and their storage have gained a major role in shaping how green chemistry addresses the “energy challenge”, without phasing out the original question of how to minimize (fossil) energy consumption. The necessity of a more carbon–sober future becomes acute only against the menacing backdrop of the environmental climate context.
This course will review some elements of this environmental context while showing research examples on how disruptive CO2 or N2-based chemistries can, among other routes, facilitate the transition to a carbon-sober future by harvesting and distributing green electrons3, key intermediaries between renewable energy sources and our current infrastructures.[5]
[1]P. Anastas, B. Han, W. Leitner, M. Poliakoff « “Happy silver anniversary” : Green Chemistry at 25 » , Green Chem. 18, 12-13 (2016) .
[2] This article is part of the themed collection: “Happy silver anniversary”: Green Chemistry at 25
[3] P. T. Anastas, J. C. Warner « Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice”; Oxford University Press: Oxford, U.K., 1998.
[4] E. A. Quadrelli, « 25 Years in “Principle 6: Energy and Green chemistry : Saving, Storing, Distributing and Using Energy responsibly. » Green Chem.18, 328–330 (2016). (see also ref 2)
[5] G. Centi, E. A. Quadrelli, S. Perathoner, « Catalysis for CO2 conversion to introduce renewable energy in the value chain of chemical industries» Energy Env. Sci. 6, 1711–1731 (2013).
Suggested readings and bibliography
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Note
The course wiill run on 11 and 12 May 14:00-16:00 in Via Giuria 7, aula to be defined
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