Sustainable Material Solutions for Solar Energy Technologies: Processing Techniques and Applications

Sustainable Material Solutions for Solar Energy Technologies: Processing Techniques and Applications provides an overview of challenges that must be addressed to efficiently utilize solar energy. The book explores novel materials and device architectures that have been developed to optimize energy conversion efficiencies and minimize environmental impacts. Advances in technologies for harnessing solar energy are extensively discussed, with topics including materials processing, device fabrication, sustainability of materials and manufacturing, and current state-of-the-art. Leading international experts discuss the applications, challenges, and future prospects of research in this increasingly vital field, providing a valuable resource for students and researchers working in this field. Due to an ever-increasing demand for clean energy, a sharp increase in the development of technologies that utilize solar energy has occurred. Currently, there are several important methods for harnessing solar energy in various stages of technological development, including photovoltaics, photocatalysis, photo-electrochemistry, solar thermal, and photochemistry. A related and parallel consideration is sustainable aspects of materials usage, including efficiency and environmental friendliness of processing and production methods. In order to effectively utilize solar energy systems, an in-depth understanding of the technology, as well as its suitability according to the requirements and nature of usage, is required.  Explores the fundamentals of sustainable materials for solar energy applications, with in-depth discussions of the most promising material solutions for solar energy technologies: photocatalysis, photovoltaic, hydrogen production, harvesting and storage Discusses the environmental challenges to be overcome and importance of efficient materials utilization for clean energy Looks at design materials processing and optimization of device fabrication via metrics such as power-to-weight ratio, effectiveness at EOL compared to BOL, and life-cycle analysis INDICE: Section I. Trends in Materials Development for Solar Energy Applications 1 Bismuth-Based Nanomaterials for Energy Applications 2 Emergent Materials and Concepts for Solar Cell Applications 3 Novel Dielectrics Compounds Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition as Sustainable Materials for Chalcogenides Thin-films Photovoltaics Technologies 4 First principles methods for solar energy harvesting materials Section II. Sustainable Materials for Photovoltaics 5 Introduction to Photovoltaics and Alternative Materials for Silicon in Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 6 An Overview on Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Materials 7 Nanostructured Materials for High Efficiency Solar Cells 8 c-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells with Graphene Incorporation 9 Tin Halide Perovskites for Efficient Lead-Free Solar Cells Section III. Sustainable Materials for Photocatalysis and Water Splitting 10 Photocatalysis using Bismuth-based hetero-structured nanomaterials for visible light harvesting 11 Recent advances in 2D MXene based heterostructured photocatalytic materials 12 Atomic Layer Deposition of Materials for Solar Water Splitting Section IV. Sustainable Materials for Thermal Energy Systems 13 Solar Selective Coatings and Materials for High Temperature Solar Thermal Applications 14 Use of Waste Materials Based on Inorganic Salts as Thermal Energy Storage Materials 15 Nano-Encapsulated Phase Change Materials for Solar Thermal Energy Storage Section V. Sustainable Carbon-Based and Biomaterials for Solar Energy Applications 16 Carbon Nanodot Integrated Solar Energy Devices 17 Solar cell based on carbon and graphene nanomaterials 18 Sustainable Bio-Materials for Solar Energy Technologies 19 Bioinspired Solar Cells: Contribution of Biology to Light Harvesting Systems

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821592-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 544
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés