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Recent advances in renewable energy research : special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only / edited by Amir Al-Ahmed [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advanced materials research ; Volume 1116.
- Advanced Materials Research, 1022-6680 ; Volume 1116
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renewable energy sources--Technological innovations.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Renewable energy sources--Research--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Distribution:
- Switzerland ; Enfield, New Hampshire : Trans Tech Publications Ltd, [date of distribution not identified]
- Place of Publication:
- Switzerland : Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The renewable energy sector has been the focus of worldwide effort to find sustainable and environmental friendly technologies for continuously increasing energy demands at low costs. Contributors of this book have extensive experience at various facets of renewable energy including materials chemistry, polymer physics, device fabrication, and nanotechnology. The book has fourteen high quality articles covering general aspects of renewable energy, regional policies, thin film solar cells, solar thermal, hydrogen production, energy conversion and storage. This book is a result of collaborations
- Contents:
- ""Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Research""; ""Preface""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Production of Utilizable Energy from Renewable Resources: Mechanism, Machinery and Effect on Environment""; ""Renewable Energy for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Nanocrystalline Materials for Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices""; ""Thin Film Solar Cell: Characteristics and Characterizations""; ""Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Based Thin Film Solar Cell: Optical, Electrical and Structural Properties""
- ""A Short Review of Parabolic Trough Technology and the Case of Saudi Arabia""""Water Desalination Using Solar Energy""; ""Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles Driven by Solar Thermal Power Tower System""; ""Photocatalytic H2 Production Using Semiconductor Nanomaterials via Water Splitting � An Overview""; ""Hydrogen Storage by Physisorption: An Overview""; ""Global Status on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology""; ""A Review of the Importance and Present Status of Micro-Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells""; ""Use of Organic Polymers for Energy Storage in Electrochemical Capacitors""
- ""Electrode Modification for Better Kinetics in all Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (AVRFB): A Short Review""""Keywords Index""; ""Authors Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 3-03826-970-0
- OCLC:
- 916954483
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