Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Applied Science
Qualification
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Applied Science
Unit number and title
Unit 22: Materials Science
D: Examine materials used in applications in order to reduce carbon emissions
Learning aim
for a sustainable future.
Assignment title Managing our ‘Carbon Footprint’
Assessor
Issue date
Hand in deadline
You are a volunteer for Friends of the Earth. You have been asked to use
your scientific training to produce a portfolio of case studies that will
Vocational Scenario or
demonstrate how materials are used in applications to reduce carbon
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emissions. This portfolio will be used to encourage other organisations to
employ technology to further reduce their carbon emissions.
Using your lesson notes and research you have carried out into applications
that reduce carbon emissions, produce a portfolio of case studies for Friends
of the Earth.
Choose any THREE case studies from the following list to include in your
portfolio:
Polymers for electrolyte membranes and ceramic based electrodes
in fuel cells
Task Glass fibre composites and aluminium in wind turbine blades
Silicon wafer and cadmium telluride in solar photovoltaic cells
Allium arsenide (GaA) and gallium nitride in light-emitting diodes
(LEDs)
For each case study chosen provide information about the functionality