Emerging Energy Materials: Applications and Challenges guides the reader through materials used in progressive energy systems.
It tackles their use in energy storage across solar, bio, geothermal, wind, fossil, hydrogen, nuclear, and thermal energy. Specific chapters are dedicated to energy reaping systems currently in development. This book contributes to the current literature by highlighting concerns that are frequently overlooked in energy materials textbooks. Awareness of these challenges and contemplation of possible solutions is critical for advancing the field of energy material technologies.
Key features:
- Provides up-to-date information on the synthesis, characterization, and a range of applications using various physical and chemical methods
- Presents the latest advances in future energy materials and technologies subjected to specific applications
- Includes applied illustrations, references, and advances in order to explain the challenges and trade-offs in the field of energy material research and development
- Includes coverage of solar cell and photovoltaic, hydro power, nuclear energy, fuel cell, battery electrode, supercapacitor and hydrogen storage applications
This book is a timely reference for researchers looking to improve their understanding of emerging energy materials, as well as postgraduate students considering a career within materials science, renewable energy and materials chemistry.
Emerging Energy Materials: Applications and Challenges presents an outline for materials used in progressive energy systems. This book is a timely reference for researchers looking to improve their understanding of emerging energy materials.
Section I: Energy Storage Devices and Energy Conversion Devices
Chapter
1. Basics and Design of the Supercapattery: An Energy Storage Device
M. Pershaanaa, Ariff Zahiruddin, Mohd Fakhruddin, Shahid Bashir, S. Ramesh,
and K. Ramesh
Chapter
2. Rare-Earth Doped Cathode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Amol Nande, Vijay Chaudhari, J. D. Punde, and S. J. Dhoble
Chapter
3. Future Materials for Thermoelectric and Hydrogen Energy
Ashwani Kumar, Durvesh Gautam, Ramesh Chandra, and Yogendra K. Gautam
Section II: Phosphors and Luminescent Materials
Chapter
4. Quantum Cutting in Photoluminescence Downconversion Phosphors
Abhijeet R. Kadam, Nirupama S. Dhoble, and Sanjay. J. Dhoble
Chapter
5. Recent Development in Rare-Earth Doped Phosphors for Eco-Friendly
and Energy-Saving Lighting Applications
Yatish R. Parauha, Marta Michalska-Domanska, and Sanjay J. Dhoble
Chapter
6. Spectroscopic Properties of Rare-Earth Activated Energy-Saving LED
Phosphors
M.D. Mehare, Chaitali M. Mehare, Vijay Singh, and Sanjay J. Dhoble
Chapter
7. Effect of Singly, Doubly and Triply Ionized Ions on
Photoluminescent Energy Materials
Abhijeet R. Kadam, Fuad Ameen, and Sanjay J. Dhoble
Section III: Photovoltaics and Energy-Harvesting materials
Chapter
8. Highly Stable Inorganic Hole Transport Materials in Perovskite
Solar Cells
Sarojini Jeeva Panchu and Hendrik C. Swart
Chapter
9. Metal-Halide Perovskites: Opportunities and Challenges
Sumedha Tamboli, Govind B. Nair, Sanjay J. Dhoble, and Hendrik C. Swart
Chapter
10. Solar Cell with Recent Improvements and Energy-Saving Strategies
for Future World
Yatish Parauha, B. Vengadaesvaran, N. S. Dhoble and S. J. Dhoble
Section IV: Sensors and Detectors
Chapter
11. Energy-Saving Materials for Self-Powered Photodetection
Nupur Saxena, Tania Kalsi, Ashok Bera, and Pragati Kumar
Govind B. Nair is post-doctoral researcher at the University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
H. Nagabhushan is Chair of the Department of Physics at Tumkur University, India.
Nirupama S. Dhoble is a professor of chemistry at Sevadal Mahila Mahavidhyalaya, India
Sanjay J. Dhoble is a professor of physics at Nagpur University, India.
