GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CATALYSTS IN FUEL CELLS/5761309
Course Title: CATALYSTS IN FUEL CELLS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish/English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Acquires theoretical knowledge about fuel cell electrocatalysis and electrokinetics in fuel cells.
Learns how to determine fuel cell performance
Learns how to synthesize and characterize fuel cell electrocatalysts.
Acquires information about novel fuel cell technologies.
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction
2. Week  Electrokinetics in fuel cells
3. Week  Performance of low temperature fuel cells for portable power applications
4. Week  Performance of low temperature fuel cells for portable power applications
5. Week  Catalysis in direct alcohol fuel cells
6. Week  Catalysis in direct alcohol fuel cells
7. Week  Catalysis in solid alkaline membrane fuel cells
8. Week  Catalysis in solid alkaline membrane fuel cells
9. Week  MIDTERM I, Catalysis in solid alkaline membrane fuel cells
10. Week  Preparation and characterization of fuel cell catalysts
11. Week  Preparation and characterization of fuel cell catalysts
12. Week  Performance characterization of fuel cell catalysts
13. Week  MIDTERM II, Performance characterization of fuel cell catalysts
14. Week  Performance characterization of fuel cell catalysts
15. Week  -
16. Week  -
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
2
30
 Assignment
1
15
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
15
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
0
0
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
5
40
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
1
18
18
 Preparing a Presentation
1
10
10
 Presentation
1
2
2
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
14
28
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
30
30
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
30
30
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
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20X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Niyazi Alper TAPAN )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/atapan)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (atapan@gazi.edu.tr )