Nanotechnology for the energy challenge / edited by Javier Garcia-Martinez ; [with a foreword by Ernest J. Moniz].

Contributor(s):

Garcia-Martinez, Javier

Material type: Text

TextWeinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2010Description: xx, 477 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9783527324019 (hbk.)
3527324011 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

621.042 N 22

LOC classification:

TJ163.2 .N365 2010

Online resources:

Contents:

Part I: Sustainable energy production -- Nanotechnology for energy production / Elena Serrano, Kunhao Li, Guillermo Rus, Javier García-Martínez -- Nanotechnology in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical devices / Agustin McEvoy, Michaël Grätzel -- Thermal-electrical energy conversion from the nanotechnology perspective / Jian He, Terry M. Tritt -- Nanomaterials for fuel cell technologies / Antonino Salvatore Aricò, Vincenzo Baglio, Vincenzo Antonucci -- The contribution of nanotechnology to hydrogen production / Sambandam Anandan, Jagannathan Madhaven, Muthupandian Ashokkumar -- Part II: Efficient energy storage -- Nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage / Saghar Sepehri, Guozhong Cao -- Electrochemical energy storage : the benefits of nanomaterials / Patrice Simon, Jean-Marie Tarascon -- Carbon-based nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage / Elzbieta Frackowiak, Franc̦ois Béguin -- Nanomaterials for superconductors from the energy perspective / Claudia Cantoni, Amit Goyal -- Part III: Energy sustainability -- Green nanofabrication : unconventional approaches for the conservative use of energy / Darren J. Lipomi, Emily A. Weiss, George M. Whitesides -- Nanocatalysis for fuel production / Burtron H. Davis -- Surface-functionalized nanoporous catalysts towards biofuel applications / Hung-Ting Chen, Brian G. Trewyn, Victor S. -Y. Lin -- Nanotechnology for carbon dioxide capture / Richard R. Willis, Annabelle Benin, Randall Q. Snurr ...[et al.] -- Nanostructured organic light-emitting devices / Juo-Hao Li, Jinsong Huang, Yang Yang -- Electrochromic materials and devices for energy efficient buildings / Claes-Göran Granqvist

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B2	Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Mechanical)	621.042 N (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00009525

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Sustainable energy production --
Nanotechnology for energy production / Elena Serrano, Kunhao Li, Guillermo Rus, Javier García-Martínez --
Nanotechnology in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical devices / Agustin McEvoy, Michaël Grätzel --
Thermal-electrical energy conversion from the nanotechnology perspective / Jian He, Terry M. Tritt --
Nanomaterials for fuel cell technologies / Antonino Salvatore Aricò, Vincenzo Baglio, Vincenzo Antonucci --
The contribution of nanotechnology to hydrogen production / Sambandam Anandan, Jagannathan Madhaven, Muthupandian Ashokkumar --
Part II: Efficient energy storage --
Nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage / Saghar Sepehri, Guozhong Cao --
Electrochemical energy storage : the benefits of nanomaterials / Patrice Simon, Jean-Marie Tarascon --
Carbon-based nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage / Elzbieta Frackowiak, Franc̦ois Béguin --
Nanomaterials for superconductors from the energy perspective / Claudia Cantoni, Amit Goyal --
Part III: Energy sustainability --
Green nanofabrication : unconventional approaches for the conservative use of energy / Darren J. Lipomi, Emily A. Weiss, George M. Whitesides --
Nanocatalysis for fuel production / Burtron H. Davis --
Surface-functionalized nanoporous catalysts towards biofuel applications / Hung-Ting Chen, Brian G. Trewyn, Victor S. -Y. Lin --
Nanotechnology for carbon dioxide capture / Richard R. Willis, Annabelle Benin, Randall Q. Snurr ...[et al.] --
Nanostructured organic light-emitting devices / Juo-Hao Li, Jinsong Huang, Yang Yang --
Electrochromic materials and devices for energy efficient buildings / Claes-Göran Granqvist

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.

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