Emerging Energy Materials: Applications and Challenges

Emerging Energy Materials: Applications and Challenges guides the reader through materials used in progressive energy systems.

It tackles their use in energy storage across solar, bio, geothermal, wind, fossil, hydrogen, nuclear, and thermal energy. Specific chapters are dedicated to energy reaping systems currently in development. This book contributes to the current literature by highlighting concerns that are frequently overlooked in energy materials textbooks. Awareness of these challenges and contemplation of possible solutions is critical for advancing the field of energy material technologies.

Key features:

• Provides up-to-date information on the synthesis, characterization, and a range of applications using various physical and chemical methods
• Presents the latest advances in future energy materials and technologies subjected to specific applications
• Includes applied illustrations, references, and advances in order to explain the challenges and trade-offs in the field of energy material research and development
• Includes coverage of solar cell and photovoltaic, hydro power, nuclear energy, fuel cell, battery electrode, supercapacitor and hydrogen storage applications

This book is a timely reference for researchers looking to improve their understanding of emerging energy materials, as well as postgraduate students considering a career within materials science, renewable energy and materials chemistry.

Govind B. Nair is post-doctoral researcher at the University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

H. Nagabhushan is Chair of the Department of Physics at Tumkur University, India.

Nirupama S. Dhoble is a professor of chemistry at Sevadal Mahila Mahavidhyalaya, India

Sanjay J. Dhoble is a professor of physics at Nagpur University, India.