Fundamentals of materials for energy and environmental sustainability

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How will we meet rising energy demands? What are our options? Are there viable long-term solutions for the future? Learn the fundamental physical, chemical and materials science at the heart of renewable/non-renewable energy sources, future transportation systems, energy efficiency and energy storage. Whether you are a student taking an energy course or a newcomer to the field, this textbook will help you understand critical relationships between the environment, energy and sustainability. Leading experts provide comprehensive coverage of each topic, bringing together diverse subject matter by integrating theory with engaging insights. Each chapter includes helpful features to aid understanding, including a historical overview to provide context, suggested further reading and questions for discussion. Every subject is beautifully illustrated and brought to life with full color images and color-coded sections for easy browsing, making this a complete educational package. Fundamentals of Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability will enable today's scientists and educate future generations.

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I Energy and the Environment: The Global Landscape

1 A primer on climate change

2 The global energy landscape and energy security

3 Sustainability and energy conversions

4 Energy cost of materials: materials for thin-film photovoltaics as an example

5 Economics of materials

6 Global energy flows

7 Global materials flows

8 Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration

Part II Nonrenewable Energy Sources

9 Petroleum and natural gas

10 Advancing coal conversion technologies: materials challenges

11 Oil shale and tar sands

12 Unconventional energy sources: gas hydrates

13 Nuclear energy: current and future schemes

14 Nuclear non-proliferation

15 Nuclear-waste management and disposal

16 Material requirements for controlled nuclear fusion

Part III Renewable Energy Sources

17 Solar energy overview

18 Direct solar energy conversion with photovoltaic devices

19 Future concepts for photovoltaic energy conversion

20 Concentrating and multijunction photovoltaics

21 Concentrating solar thermal power

22 Solar-thermoelectrics: direct solar thermal energy conversion

23 Off-grid solar in the developing world

24 Principles of photosynthesis

25 Biofuels and biomaterials from microbes

26 Biofuels from cellulosic biomass via aqueous processing

27 Artificial photosynthesis for solar energy conversion

28 Engineering natural photosynthesis

29 Geothermal and ocean energy

30 Wind energy

Part IV Transportation

31 Transportation: motor vehicles

32 Transportation: aviation

33 Transportation: shipping

34 Transportation: fully autonomous vehicles

Part V Energy Efficiency

35 Lighting

36 Energy efficient buildings

37 Insulation science

38 Industrial energy efficiency: a case study

39 Green processing: catalysis

40 Materials availability and recycling

41 Life-cycle assessment

Part VI Energy Storage, High-Penetration Renewables and Grid Stabilization

42 Toward the smart grid: the US as a case study

43 Consequences of high-penetration renewables

44 Electrochemical energy storage: batteries and capacitors

45 Mechanical energy storage: pumped hydro, CAES, flywheels

46 Fuel cells

47 Solar fuels

48 Solar thermal routes to fuel

49 Photoelectrochemistry and hybrid solar conversion

Summary

Appendix A Thermodynamics

Appendix B Electrochemistry

Appendix C Units

Index

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