Q. Li – Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy (2016)

Автор: Q. Li
Название книги: Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Энергетика
Страницы: 602
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Presents applications of nanomaterials for energy production and storaging.
Displays also artificial photosynthesis in nanomaterials.
This book presents the unique mechanical, electrical, and optical properties of nanomaterials, which play an important role in the recent advances of energy-related applications. Different nanomaterials have been employed in energy saving, generation, harvest, conversion, storage, and transport processes very effectively and efficiently. Recent progress in the preparation, characterization and usage of 1D, 2D nanomaterials and hybrid architectures for energy-related applications and relevant technologies and devices, such as solar cells, thermoelectronics, piezoelectronics, solar water splitting, hydrogen production/storage, fuel cells, batteries, and supercapacitors are covered. Moreover, the book also highlights novel approaches in nanomaterials design and synthesis and evaluating materials sustainability issues. Contributions from active and leading experts regarding important aspects like the synthesis, assembly, and properties of nanomaterials for energy-related applications are compiled into a reference book. As evident from the diverse topics, the book will be very valuable to researchers working in the intersection of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and engineering. It may set the standard and stimulates future developments in this rapidly emerging fertile frontier of nanomaterials for energy.
Topics
Renewable and Green Energy
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Energy Harvesting
Energy Storage
Contents
Nanostructured Materials for High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Dielectric Nanomaterials for Silicon Solar Cells
Nanostructured Cathode Buffer Layers for Inverted Polymer Solar Cells
Nanomaterials for Stretchable Energy Storage and Conversion Devices
Piezoelectric Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting
Discotic Liquid Crystals for Self-organizing Photovoltaics
Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Graphene‐Based Electrochemical Microsupercapacitors for Miniaturized Energy Storage Applications
Incorporating Graphene into Fuel Cell Design
Mesoporous Materials for Fuel Cells
Thermoelectric Nanocomposites for Thermal Energy Conversion
Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Generation from Solar Water Splitting
Nanomaterials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Self-organized Chiral Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures for Energy-Saving Devices
Nanomaterials for the Production of Biofuels