Description
Handbook of Emerging Materials for Sustainable Energy provides a comprehensive accounting on the fundamentals, current developments, challenges and future prospects of emerging materials for the development of sustainable energy. Each chapter addresses a distinct and important area within the energy field and includes comprehensive data to support the materials being presented. Sections cover Batteries, Capacitors and Supercapacitors, Fuel cells, Thermoelectrics, Novel illumination sources and techniques, Photovoltaics & Solar cells, Alternative energy sources, hydrogen as an energy source, including hydrogen production and fuel generation, the use of Biofuels and Carbon dioxide.The book concludes with three chapters related to advanced materials under development for energy conservation and environmental protection, including theories, methodologies and simulations established for advanced materials.- Covers a broad scope of advanced materials that have been developed for energy and environmental sustainability- Provides detailed and updated information about the structural and functional features of various emerging materials and their multifaceted applications- Includes supplementary data alongside each chapter
Table of Contents
Part 1: Advanced materials in battery technology- Recent advances of nanomaterials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries: opportunities and challenges- Functional materials for solid-state battery applicationsPart 2: Emerging materials in electrochemistry- Supercapacitors: basics and progress- Electrochemical capacitors: basic concepts and emerging nanomaterials for electrodes- Nanoporous silicon materials for solar energy by electrochemical approach- Mixed transition metal oxides for electrochemical energy storage- Bi- and trimetallic MOFs and their MOF-derived nanocarbons in electrocatalytic water splitting processesPart 3: Novel materials for solar energy- Photovoltaic devices: dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells- Photovoltaics: background and novel carbon-based materials for third-generation solar cells- Photochromic molecules and materials: design and development- Designing heterostructures for production of solar fuels- Evacuated solar energy collectorPart 4: Emerging materials in photocatalysis- Nanostructured semiconductors for hydrogen production through photocatalyatic water splitting- Doped mixed phase transition metal oxides for photocatalysis- Graphitic carbon nitride as a metal free photocatalyst for solar water splitting- Lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks as a promising visible light photocatalyst for hydrogen productionPart 5: Advanced materials for biofules and biohydrogen- Biofuels- Trends in valorization of biomass to biofuels: biobutanol- Bioethanol as an alternative energy resource for a sustainability: an approach- Biodiesel production from various nonedible plant seeds via transesterification process as an alternate feedstock- Microalgae as a source of sustainable energy resource for biofuels: a review- Mesoporous polymers for the catalytic conversion of biomass platform molecules to value-added chemicals- Sustainable biohydrogen production: technoeconomic analysis- Catalytic hydrogen generation from biomass and its derivativesPart 6: Materials for carbon capture- Carbon dioxide sequestration, conversion and utilization- Carbon capture using NaCl (halite)- Carbon capture using halite, seawater, and saline waterPart 7: Modern materials for energy and environmental applications- Recent developments in techniques and technologies for analytical, spectroscopic, structural, and morphological characterization of modern materials of advanced applications- Recent trends and future potential of sustainable energy efficient materials for commercial buildings- Materials for energy-efficient systems and environmental remediation- Chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals—optoelectronic applications- Elemental semiconductor nanocrystals- Metal oxide nanocrystals— applications- Special modifying inorganic physical vapor deposition coatings and surface systems for sustainable energy products- Growth of 2D boron materials- Surface modification of metal-organic frameworks and their applications for the gas adsorption
