Sustainable Materials for Next Generation Energy Devices: Challenges and Opportunities presents the latest state-of-the-art knowledge and innovation related to environmentally-friendly functional materials that can be developed for, and employed in, producing a feasible next generation of energy storage and conversion devices. The book is broken up into three sections, covering Energy Storage, Energy Conversion and Advanced Concepts. It will be an important reference for researchers, engineers and students who want to gain extensive knowledge in green and/or sustainable functional materials and their applications.
1. Sustainable Materials for Next Generation Energy Devices - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. Contributors - p. Page iv 7. Preface - p. Page vi 8. Companion Website - p. Page ix 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 10. List of Tables - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 1 : Sustainable functional materials for next-generation supercapacitors - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 2 : Nanoarchitectured conducting polymers: Rational design and relative activity for next-generation supercapacitors - p. Page 15 13. Chapter 3 : Current progress in the development of Fe-air batteries and their prospects for next-generation batteries - p. Page 52 14. Chapter 4 : Functional material developments of fuel cells and the key factors for real commercialization of next-generation energy devices - p. Page 81 15. Chapter 5 : Graphene and its derivatives, synthesis route, and mechanism for photovoltaic solar cell applications - p. Page 97 16. Chapter 6 : Solution-processed quantum dot-sensitized solar cell based on “green” materials - p. Page 127 17. Chapter 7 : Colloidal quantum dots based solar cells - p. Page 144 18. Chapter 8 : Future perspectives of perovskite solar cells: Metal oxide-based inorganic hole-transporting materials - p. Page 172 19. Chapter 9 : Recent advancement in sustainable energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials - p. Page 208 20. Chapter 10 : An approach to designing smart future electronics using nature-driven biopiezoelectric/triboelectric nanogenerators - p. Page 245 21. Chapter 11 : Polysaccharide-based polymer electrolytes for future renewable energy sources - p. Page 277 22. Chapter 12 : Biomass-derived functional carbon nanomaterials for the development of futuristic energy devices - p. Page 308 23. Chapter 13 : First-principles materials design for graphene-based sensor applications - p. Page 331 24. Chapter 14 : Recycled silicon waste as a sustainable energy material - p. Page 356 25. Index - p. Page 372
Sustainable Materials for Next Generation Energy Devices: Challenges and Opportunities presents the latest state-of-the-art knowledge and innovation related to environmentally-friendly functional materials that can be developed for, and employed in, producing a feasible next generation of energy storage and conversion devices. The book is broken up into three sections, covering Energy Storage, Energy Conversion and Advanced Concepts. It will be an important reference for researchers, engineers and students who want to gain extensive knowledge in green and/or sustainable functional materials and their applications.
1. Sustainable Materials for Next Generation Energy Devices - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. Contributors - p. Page iv 7. Preface - p. Page vi 8. Companion Website - p. Page ix 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 10. List of Tables - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 1 : Sustainable functional materials for next-generation supercapacitors - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 2 : Nanoarchitectured conducting polymers: Rational design and relative activity for next-generation supercapacitors - p. Page 15 13. Chapter 3 : Current progress in the development of Fe-air batteries and their prospects for next-generation batteries - p. Page 52 14. Chapter 4 : Functional material developments of fuel cells and the key factors for real commercialization of next-generation energy devices - p. Page 81 15. Chapter 5 : Graphene and its derivatives, synthesis route, and mechanism for photovoltaic solar cell applications - p. Page 97 16. Chapter 6 : Solution-processed quantum dot-sensitized solar cell based on “green” materials - p. Page 127 17. Chapter 7 : Colloidal quantum dots based solar cells - p. Page 144 18. Chapter 8 : Future perspectives of perovskite solar cells: Metal oxide-based inorganic hole-transporting materials - p. Page 172 19. Chapter 9 : Recent advancement in sustainable energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials - p. Page 208 20. Chapter 10 : An approach to designing smart future electronics using nature-driven biopiezoelectric/triboelectric nanogenerators - p. Page 245 21. Chapter 11 : Polysaccharide-based polymer electrolytes for future renewable energy sources - p. Page 277 22. Chapter 12 : Biomass-derived functional carbon nanomaterials for the development of futuristic energy devices - p. Page 308 23. Chapter 13 : First-principles materials design for graphene-based sensor applications - p. Page 331 24. Chapter 14 : Recycled silicon waste as a sustainable energy material - p. Page 356 25. Index - p. Page 372
