Overview
- Explains solar to chemical energy conversion based on equilibrium and non-equilibrium processes
- Provides comprehensive numerical calculations
- Covers practical applications of energy conversion
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 32)
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This book explains the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy and its storage. It covers the basic background; interface modeling at the reacting surface; energy conversion with chemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approaches and energy conversion using applied photosynthesis. The important concepts for converting solar to chemical energy are based on an understanding of the reactions’ equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions. Since the energy conversion is essentially the transfer of free energy, the process are explained in the context of thermodynamics.
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Fundamental Background
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Modeling Interface for Energy Storage: Modeling of Chemical and Electrochemical Reactions
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Chemical, Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Approach for Energy Conversion: Necessity of Energy Storage Using Chemical Bonds
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Chemical, Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Approach for Energy Conversion: Approach Using Chemical Reactions
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Chemical, Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Approach for Energy Conversion: Approach Using Electrochemical Reactions
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion
Book Subtitle: Theory and Application
Editors: Masakazu Sugiyama, Katsushi Fujii, Shinichiro Nakamura
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25400-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25398-5Published: 26 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79783-0Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25400-5Published: 25 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2195-1284
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 489
Number of Illustrations: 201 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Harvesting, Physical Chemistry, Energy Systems