Surface area has a directly relationship with the efficiency of energy devices. Hierarchical nanostructuring has the potential to greatly increase surface area, and their electrical properties are favourable, not only to energy generation and storage, but also energy-consuming electronic circuits.
This book provides systematic coverage of how nanostructured materials can be applied to energy devices, with an emphasis on the process of generation to storage and consumption. The fundamentals (including properties, characterisation and synthesis) are clearly presented across the first chapters of the book, providing readers new to the field with a clear overview of this expanding topic. The detailed discussion of applications will be an inspiration to those already well-versed in the field.
The editors have more than a decade of experience in working on all aspects of energy generation and storage - in academia, national laboratories and industry. The book presents a balanced view from all sectors and is presented in a format accessible by postgraduate students and professional researchers alike.
Professor Grigoropoulos is based at University of California at Berkeley. Current research interests are in laser materials processing and micro/nanomachining, fundamental investigation of rapid change of phase transformations and ultra-fast laser interactions with materials, thin film crystal growth for the fabrication of high-definition flat panel displays and large area electronics, microscale fuel cells, hydrogen storage, microscale fluid mechanics. Established the Laser Thermal Laboratory, credited with innovative experimental studies and state of the art computational and theoretical modeling. Conducted research at the Mechanical Engineering Sciences Laboratory of the Xerox Webster Research Center, the IBM Almaden Research Center, the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH), Greece. Publications: 125 research papers in archival Journals, 9 research review chapters, 3 patents, 1 monograph Transport in Laser Microfabrication, to appear with Cambridge University Press (2008). Honors and Awards: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Miller Professor for Basic Research in Science (1999). Visiting Professor at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland (2000, 2009). Associate Editor of Journal of Heat Transfer (2002-2005). Associate Editor of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2002 - ), Heat Transfer Memorial Award (2007).
