Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge
Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge
Javier Garcia-Martinez (editor), Ernest J. Moniz (foreword)
ISBN: 978-3-527-32401-9
Wiley, April 2010
reviewed by Alan Smith
The editor, Javier Garcia-Martinez, has done a great job in this 477-page “epic,” pulling together a host of experts from different parts of the energy sector.
Hardly anyone questions the predictions that nanotechnology will have a major impact on the energy sector, and Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge should leave no doubt among readers that nanotechnology will dramatically change all aspects of energy generation, storage, and transmission over the next few years. The book covers recent progress as well as exciting activities at the development stage.
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This major contribution to the energy debate does not aim to cover all the additional energy savings that nanotechnology will bring through more durable coatings and new composite materials, but focuses on three main themes: sustainable energy production, efficient energy storage, and energy sustainability. The chapters are written by world leaders in the specific fields, and the information contained in those chapters is extremely comprehensive and up to date, and is well illustrated where necessary.
There are five chapters in the section on sustainable energy production that describe the impact of nanotechnology on photovoltaics, thermal-electrical energy conversion, fuel cells, and hydrogen production. The section on efficient energy storage has four chapters covering hydrogen and electrochemical energy storage, as well as developments in nanomaterials for supercapacitors. The final section on energy sustainability has six chapters on topics such as green nanofabrication, nanocatalysts, carbon dioxide capture, organic light emitting devices, and progress in energy efficient buildings.
Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge is a “must” read for those with a science education and an interest in the future of our energy supply, storage, and use.
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- Empirical and Theoretical Models of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Transition Temperatures of Supplemented Phase Diagrams in Aqueous Systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
- The IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series: A Guide to Preparation and Use of Compilations and Evaluations (IUPAC Technical Report)
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- The Future of the Chemical Industry
- IUPAC–ACS Collaboration Summit
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- Masthead
- From the Editor
- Contents
- The IUPAC Presidency–A Happy Recollection
- Chemistry 2.0 Creating Online Communities
- Perspectives on Chemistry and Global Climate Change
- Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change
- Analogue-based Drug Discovery
- IUPAC Announces Winners of the 2010 IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists
- IUPAC and the InChI Trust Agree Upon Conditions for Collaboration
- Denis Hamilton to Receive the First International Award for Advances in Crop Protection Chemistry
- Nominations Requested for Members of IUPAC Divisions and Commissions
- Structure, Processing, and Performance of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
- Definitions and Notations Relating to Stereochemical Aspects in Polymer Science
- Young Ambassadors for Chemistry in Cyprus
- Guidelines for Measurement of Luminescence Spectra and Quantum Yields of Inorganic Compounds, Metal Complexes, and Materials
- Technical Guidelines for Isotope Abundances and Atomic Weight Measurements
- Analytical Chemistry in Action
- Terminology for Chain Polymerization
- Provisional Recommendations
- IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Selection and Use of Proficiency Testing Schemes for a Limited Number of Participants–Chemical Analytical Laboratories (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Empirical and Theoretical Models of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Transition Temperatures of Supplemented Phase Diagrams in Aqueous Systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
- The IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series: A Guide to Preparation and Use of Compilations and Evaluations (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Electrochemical Nucleic Acid–Based Biosensors: Concepts, Terms, and Methodology (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Japanese Versions of the IUPAC Red Book and Green Book Available
- Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge
- The Future of the Chemical Industry
- IUPAC–ACS Collaboration Summit
- Environmental Best Practices
- Advanced Polymeric Materials
- Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Vanadium
- Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry
- Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis
- Mark Your Calendar
