Metal oxides in energy technologies / edited by Yuping Wu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wu, Yuping, editor.

Series:

Metal oxides series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Direct energy conversion--Materials.

Direct energy conversion.

Metallic oxides.

Transition metal catalysts.

Materials.

Physical Description:

xix, 426 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Elsevier, [2018]

Contents:

1 Introduction: Energy technologies and their role in our life p. 1 / Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

1.1 Preparation methods of metal oxides and energy technologies p. 1

1.2 Energy generation p. 2

1.3 Energy storage p. 5

1.4 Energy conversion p. 8

1.5 Energy and environment p. 11

2 Metal oxides in fuel cells p. 17 / Peng Wang and Jing Wang and Lijun Fu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

2.2 Metal oxides in SOFCs p. 19

2.3 Metal oxides in other fuel cells p. 39

3 Metal oxide-based thermoelectric materials p. 49 / Lian Ji

3.2 Na_xCoO₂ and NA_xCo₂O₄ p. 54

3.3 Ca₃Co₄O₉ p. 60

3.4 SrTiO₃ p. 62

3.5 CaMnO₃ p. 64

3.6 ZnO p. 68

4 Mixed oxides in nuclear fuels p. 73 / Bingwei Chen and Nengfei Yu and Lijun Fu and Yusong Zhu and Teunis van Ree and Yuping Wu

4.2 U-Pu MOX nuclear fuel p. 74

4.3 U-Th MOX nuclear fuel p. 77

4.4 Other MOXs p. 81

5 Piezoelectric energy harvesting systems with metal oxides p. 91 / Kenji Uchino

5.2 Mechanical-to-mechanical energy transfer p. 108

5.3 Mechanical-electrical energy transduction p. 110

5.4 Electrical-to-electrical energy transfer p. 116

5.5 Summary of the total energy flow p. 121

5.6 Hybrid energy harvesting-Magnetoelectric devices p. 122

6 Metal oxides in batteries p. 127 / Faxing Wang and Yi Zhang and Nengfei Yu and Lijun Fu and Yusong Zhu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

6.1 Metal oxides in Ni//MH batteries p. 127

6.2 Metal oxides in LIBs p. 133

6.3 Metal oxides in aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries p. 150

6.4 Metal oxides in Na-ion batteries p. 155

6.5 Metal oxides in Mg-ion batteries p. 158

6.6 Metal oxides in Al-ion batteries p. 161

7 Metal oxides in supercapacitors p. 169 / Lei Zhou and Chunyang Li and Xiang Liu and Yusong Zhu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

7.2 Outline of electrochemical capacitors p. 170

7.3 Metal oxides in supercapacitors p. 176

8 Metal oxide semiconductors for solar water splitting p. 205 / Jing Wang and Teunis van Ree and Yuping Wu and Peng Zhang and Lian Gao

8.2 Semiconductors for solar water splitting p. 210

8.3 Improvements in efficiency for solar water splitting p. 240

9 Metal oxides for hydrogen storage p. 251 / Bingwei Chen and Zaichun Liu and Chunyang Li and Yusong Zhu and Lijun Fu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

9.2 Surface modifiers for metal hydrides p. 254

9.3 Oxides as host for hydrogen storage p. 262

10 Requirements for efficient metal oxide photocatalysts for CO₂ reduction p. 275 / Jennifer Strunk

10.2 Overview of photocatalysts for CO₂ reduction p. 276

10.3 Basics of heterogeneous photocatalysis p. 278

10.4 Involved (elementary) reactions and energetic requirements of CO₂ reduction p. 283

10.5 Some remarks concerning photoreactors and reaction conditions p. 291

10.6 Examples of non-TiO₂ oxide materials for CO₂ reduction p. 293

11 Metal oxide catalysts for biodiesel production p. 303 / Umer Rashid and Soroush Soltani and Saud Ibrahim Al-Resayes and Imededdine Arbi Nehdi

11.2 Biodiesel p. 304

11.3 Problems with homogeneous acid and heterogeneous base catalysts p. 304

11.4 Heterogeneous acid catalysts p. 305

11.5 Synthesis methods to produce solid acid catalysts p. 305

11.6 Effect of synthesis conditions on characteristics p. 310

11.7 Effect of reaction parameters on the catalytic activity of heterogeneous catalysts p. 312

11.8 Catalyst stability p. 313

12 Solar-driven fuel production by metal-oxide thermochemical cycles p. 321 / Xinhai Yuan and Xiongwei Wu and Jing Wang and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

12.2 Reaction principles of the two-step thermochemical metal-oxide cycles p. 322

12.3 Considerations in the design of metal-oxide materials p. 325

12.4 Metal oxides for two-step thermochemical metal-oxide cycles p. 328

12.5 New concepts to further improve the two-step thermochemical metal-oxide cycles p. 333

13 Metal oxides in energy-saving smart windows p. 341 / Yanfang Wang and Bingwei Chen and Yusong Zhu and Lijun Fu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

13.1 Thermochromic smart windows p. 341

13.2 Electrochromic smart windows p. 350

14 Metal oxide-based superconductors in AC power transportation and transformation p. 361 / Yanfang Wang and Chunyang Li and Weibin Zhou and Yusong Zhu and Lijun Fu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

14.1 Some parameters for superconductors p. 361

14.2 Early stage metal oxide-based superconductors p. 362

14.3 Cuprate-based superconductors p. 365

14.4 Other materials p. 380

15 Metal oxides tor emission control p. 391 / Xinhai Yuan and Xiongwei Wu and Yuping Wu and Teunis van Ree

5.2 Emission control technologies and metal oxide catalysts p. 392

5.3 Catalyst preparation and methodology p. 408.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

0128111674

9780128111673

OCLC:

974027177