Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Energy Production and Storage

The key problem facing new energy conversion and storage technologies remains device efficiency. Designs based on nanostructured materials can yield improved performance in devices employing electrochemical reactions and heterogeneous catalysis such as batteries and fuel and solar cells. Nanoscale structures dramatically alter the surface reaction rates and electrical transport throughout the material, causing a dramatic improvement in energy storage, conversion, and generation. This book describes properties of nanostructured materials that can be the basis of improved performance in a wide range of alternative energy devices. Fundamental concepts of nanostructured materials such as nanocrystal synthesis and properties, thermodynamics and defect chemistry, and interfacial and physical electrochemistry are presented as are the impact and application of nanoscale materials in specific alternative energy devices. These materials and devices promise not only the development of a wide range of new technologies, but also the potential for a more sustainable energy future. Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Energy Production and Storage is an authoritative and essential reference from world-renowned research groups for scientists and engineers in the fields of materials science and electrochemistry.

List of contents

Recent Applications of Nanoscale Materials: Solar Cells.- Assembly and Properties of Nanoparticles.- Electrochemistry, Nanomaterials, and Nanostructures.- Nanotechnology for Fuel Cells.- Vanadium Oxide Aerogels: Enhanced Energy Storage in Nanostructured Materials.- Nanostructured Composites: Structure, Properties, and Applications in Electrochemistry.

Summary

Here is an authoritative reference from world-renowned research groups for those working in materials science and electrochemistry. The authors describe properties of nanostructured materials that can improve performance in alternative energy devices.

Product details

• Assisted by: Edson Roberto Leite (Editor), Edso Roberto Leite (Editor), Edson Roberto Leite (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2011
• EAN: 9781441943163
• ISBN: 978-1-4419-4316-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 388 g
• Illustrations: X, 250 p.
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology; Nanostructure Science and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; C, Electrical Engineering, Catalysis, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Chemistry and Materials Science, energy storage, electrochemistry, Renewable and Green Energy, Nanotechnology, Power electronics, Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Mechanical and Thermal Energy Storage, Renewable energy resources, Energy, power generation, distribution & storage, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Electrochemistry & magnetochemistry