Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications

ISBN: 978-0-08-101621-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 1194 g

Reihe: Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy

Global demand for low cost, efficient and sustainable energy production is ever increasing. Driven by recent discoveries and innovation in the science and technology of materials, applications based on functional materials are becoming increasingly important. Functional materials for sustainable energy applications provides an essential guide to the development and application of these materials in sustainable energy production.

Part one reviews functional materials for solar power, including silicon-based, thin-film, and dye sensitized photovoltaic solar cells, thermophotovoltaic device modelling and photoelectrochemical cells. Part two focuses on functional materials for hydrogen production and storage. Functional materials for fuel cells are then explored in part three where developments in membranes, catalysts and membrane electrode assemblies for polymer electrolyte and direct methanol fuel cells are discussed, alongside electrolytes and ion conductors, novel cathodes, anodes, thin films and proton conductors for solid oxide fuel cells. Part four considers functional materials for demand reduction and energy storage, before the book concludes in part five with an investigation into computer simulation studies of functional materials.

With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Functional materials for sustainable energy applications is an indispensable tool for anyone involved in the research, development, manufacture and application of materials for sustainable energy production, including materials engineers, scientists and academics in the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of sustainable energy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kilner, J A

Skinner, S J

Irvine, S J C

Edwards, P P

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributor contact details Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy Preface Part I: Functional materials for solar power Chapter 1: Silicon-based photovoltaic solar cells Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Polysilicon production 1.3 Crystallisation and wafering 1.4 Solar cells: materials issues and cell architectures 1.5 Conclusions Chapter 2: Photovoltaic (PV) thin-films for solar cells Abstract: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Amorphous silicon thin-film photovoltaic (PV) 2.3 Cadmium telluride thin-film PV 2.4 Copper indium diselenide thin-film PV 2.5 Materials sustainability 2.6 Future trends 2.7 Sources of further information and advice Chapter 3: Rapid, low-temperature processing of dye-sensitized solar cells Abstract: 3.1 Introduction to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) 3.2 Manufacturing issues 3.3 Sensitization 3.4 Electrodes 3.5 Electrolyte 3.6 Quality control (QC)/lifetime testing 3.7 Conclusions and future trends 3.8 Acknowledgements Chapter 4: Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices: introduction and modelling Abstract: 4.1 Introduction to thermophotovoltaics (TPVs) 4.2 Practical TPV cell performance 4.3 Modelling TPV cells 4.4 Tandem TPV cells 4.5 Conclusions Chapter 5: Photoelectrochemical cells for hydrogen generation Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Photoelectrochemical cells: principles and energetics 5.3 Photoelectrochemical cell configurations and efficiency considerations 5.4 Semiconductor photoanodes: material challenges 5.5 Semiconductor photocathodes: material challenges 5.6 Advances in photochemical cell materials and design 5.7 Interfacial reaction kinetics 5.8 Future trends 5.9 Acknowledgements 5.11 Appendix: abbreviations Part II: Functional materials for hydrogen production and storage Chapter 6: Reversible solid oxide electrolytic cells for large-scale energy storage: challenges and opportunities Abstract: 6.1 Introduction to reversible solid oxide cells 6.2 Operating principles and functional materials 6.3 Degradation mechanisms in solid oxide electrolysis cells 6.4 Research needs and opportunities 6.5 Summary and conclusions Chapter 7: Membranes, adsorbent materials and solvent-based materials for syngas and hydrogen separation Abstract: 7.1 Introduction 7.2 H2-selective membrane materials 7.3 CO2-selective membrane materials 7.4 Adsorbent materials for H2/CO2 separation 7.5 Solvent-based materials for H2/CO2 separation 7.6 Future trends 7.7 Sources of further information and advice Chapter 8: Functional materials for hydrogen storage Abstract: 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Hydrogen storage with metal hydrides: an introduction 8.3 Hydrogen storage with interstitial hydrides, AlH3 and MgH2 8.4 Hydrogen storage with complex metal hydrides 8.5 Hydrogen storage using other chemical systems 8.6 Hydrogen storage with porous materials and nanoconfined materials 8.7 Applications of hydrogen storage 8.8 Conclusions Part III: Functional materials for fuel cells Chapter 9: The role of the fuel in the operation, performance and degradation of fuel cells Abstract: 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Thermodynamics of fuel cell operation and the effect of fuel on performance 9.3 Hydrocarbon fuels and fuel processing 9.4 Methanol 9.5 Other fuels 9.6 Deleterious effects of fuels on fuel cell performance 9.7 Conclusions 9.8 Acknowledgements Chapter 10: Membrane electrode assemblies for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells Abstract: 10.1 Introduct

Über Autor(innen)

John Kilner is B. C. H. Steele Professor of Energy Materials at Imperial College London, UK.

Stephen Skinner is Reader in Materials Chemistry at Imperial College London, UK.

Stuart Irvine is Research Professor in Opto-electronic Materials for Solar Energy at Glyndwr University, UK.

Peter Edwards is Professor and Head of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK.