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Materials for Sustainable Energy : a Collection of Peer-Reviewed Research and Review Articles from Nature Publishing Group.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dusastre, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy conservation--Equipment and supplies.
- Energy conservation.
- Sustainable engineering--Materials.
- Sustainable engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- The search for cleaner, cheaper, smaller and more efficient energy technologies has to a large extent been motivated by the development of new materials. The aim of this collection of articles is therefore to focus on what materials-based solutions can offer and show how the rationale design and improvement of their physical and chemical properties can lead to energy-production alternatives that have the potential to compete with existing technologies. In terms of alternative means to generate electricity that utilize renewable energy sources, the most dramatic breakthroughs for both mobile (i.
- Contents:
- PREFACE; RESEARCH INITIATIVES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE HANDLING OF ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTERS; BATTERIES AND SUPERCAPACITORS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN GENERATION AND STORAGE; SUPERCONDUCTORS
- Notes:
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613144904
- 9789814464338
- 9814464333
- 9781283144902
- 1283144905
- 9789814317665
- 9814317667
- OCLC:
- 1109234404
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