Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 3527333800 ISBN 13: 9783527333806

Casa editrice: Vch Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh, 2013

Riassunto

With the daunting energy challenges faced by Mankind in the 21st century, revolutionary new technologies will be the key to a clean, secure and sustainable energy future. Nanostructures often have surprising and very useful capabilities and are thus paving the way for new methodologies in almost every kind of industry.

This exceptional monograph provides an overview of the subject, and presents the current state of the art with regard to different aspects of sustainable production, efficient storage and low-impact use of energy.

Comprised of eighteen chapters, the book is divided in three thematic parts:

Part I Sustainable Energy Production covers the main developments of nanotechnology in clean energy production and conversion, including photovoltaics, hydrogen production, thermal-electrical energy conversion and fuel cells.

Part II Efficient Energy Storage is concerned with the potential use of nanomaterials in more efficient energy storage systems such as advanced batteries, supercapacitors and hydrogen storage.

Part III Energy Sustainability shows how nanotechnology helps to use energy more efficiently, and the mitigation of impacts to the environment, with special emphasis on energy savings through green nanofabrication, advanced catalysis, nanostructured light-emitting and eletrochromic devices and CO2 capture by nanoporous materials .

An essential addition to any bookshelf, it will be invaluable to a variety of research fields including materials science, chemical engineering, solid state, surface, industrial, and physical chemistry, as this is a subject that is very interdisciplinary.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

In this regard, the present book is a significant contribution to the hope that a solution to the energy problem is possible.   (Materials Views, 4 December 2013)

 

L'autore:

Javier Garcia-Martinez is Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Alicante, Spain. He has published extensively in the areas of nanomaterials and energy and is the author of more than 25 patents. He is a cofounder of Rive Technology, Inc. (Boston, MA), a venture capital-funded Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spin-off commercializing advanced nanomaterials for energy applications. He has received the Europe Medal in 2005, the Silver Medal of the European Young Chemist Award in 2006, and the TR 35 Award from MIT's Technology Review magazine; in 2009, he was selected as a Young Global Leader. Since 2010, he is member of the World Economic Forum Council on Emerging Technologies. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, member of the Global Young Academy and Bureau member of the IUPAC.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vch Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3527333800
• ISBN 13: 9783527333806
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 639
• Redattore: Garcia-martinez Javier