Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Energy Production and Storage

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leite, Edson Roberto. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Catalysis.; Production of electric energy or power.; Renewable energy sources.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Electrochemistry.; Energy Storage.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Renewable and Green Energy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49323-7

The key problem facing new energy conversion and storage technologies remains device efficiency. Designs based on nanostructured materials can yield improved performance in devices employing electrochemical reactions and heterogeneous catalysis such as batteries and fuel and solar cells. Nanoscale s...

Table of Contents:

• Assembly and Properties of Nanoparticles (Caue Ribeiro and Edson R. Leite)
• Electrochemistry, Nanomaterials, and Nanostructures (Paulo Roberto Bueno and Claude Gabrielli)
• Nanotechnology for fuel cells (Angelika Heinzel, Uwe Kn̲ig)
• Vanadium Oxide Aerogels: Enhanced Energy Storage in Nanostructured Materials (Winny Dong, Bruce Dunn)
• Nanostructured Composites: Structure, Properties, and Applications in Electrochemistry (Joop Schoonman Sergey Zavyalov, Alla Pivkina)
• Recent Applications of Nanoscale Materials: Solar Cells (Michael Grt̃zel).-.