Overview
- Explores the intersection of two major research fields, nanostructured materials and alternative energy devices
- Presents fundamental information on nanostructured materials, including thermodynamics, defect chemistry, electrochemical behavior, and electrical properties
- Offers integrated coverage from batteries and fuel cells to hydrogen generation and storage
- Includes chapters by world leaders in inorganic electrochemical materials
Part of the book series: Nanostructure Science and Technology (NST)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Energy Production and Storage
Editors: Edson Roberto Leite
Series Title: Nanostructure Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49323-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-49322-0Published: 18 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4316-3Published: 16 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-49323-7Published: 20 March 2010
Series ISSN: 1571-5744
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7976
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 250
Topics: Nanotechnology, Electrochemistry, Energy Storage, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Renewable and Green Energy, Catalysis