Carbonaceous Materials and Future Energy: Clean and Renewable
Energy Sources provides a systematic analysis of the emerging
renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuel and their impact on
the current socio-economic premise, with carbonaceous chemistry at
their base. The present-day fossil fuel-dependent energy scenario
is obsolete, rapidly decaying with resource constraints and
sparking climate change risks like global warming; therefore, a
technological revolution is needed in terms of global energy
sustainability. This book is a humble attempt to recognise various
contemporary as well as transpiring alternative state-of-the-art
energy technologies, and the immense potential carbon materials
have in changing the future face of energy. Carbon is the most
earth-abundant material with an awe-inspiring range of allotropes
that render wonderful properties such as tunable morphology,
electrical conductivity, impressive surface area, etc., when
explored in the nanoscale. Therefore, carbon has the ability to
replace expensive and corrosive metals as electrodes in various
existing energy technologies, especially in storage, conversion and
harvesting. Carbon-based composite materials offer extensive
mechanical strength, although they are super lightweight and can be
placed in portable devices, yet perform for longer times with the
added benefit of recyclability. This book features discussions on
the ecological impacts of the existing fossil fuel-based energy
technologies along with various global energy prediction indicators
that dictate the integrated risk, the multi-scale changes as well
as the need for sustainable alternatives. It also highlights
various state-of-the-art renewable energy techniques, including
solar photovoltaics, wind, geothermal, and biowaste-based energy.
Most importantly, recognition is given to hybrid energy storage and
conversion systems as today's most important and sustainable source
of power based on carbonaceous materials, especially their
abundance, tunability, and recyclability. The author then focuses
on the integration of available experimental information with
future prospects for delivering real-world solutions to existing
energy scarcity and helping to unravel sustainable routes with
improved energy laws and policies. Features Detailed discussion
about the current worldwide energy crisis at the societal scale and
the gradual growth of alternative sustainable energy options
Elucidation of the role of carbon in revolutionising nanoscience
and its bright prospects in developing the future energy scenario
with its abundance, eco-friendly nature as well as recyclability
Extensive discussion of various state-of-the-art energy systems
including hybrid technologies and their stages of technological
maturity, commercialisation, and future prospects. Presentation of
information in an accessible way for a broad audience; especially
students, researchers, and scientists, working in the vast field of
energy, looking for concise information about current and future
energy solutions and exploring them with carbonaceous chemistry
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This book gives an integrative overview about how the
next-generation energy technology can be built upon the current and
future prospects of carbonaceous chemistry. It includes extensive
literature-survey analysis as well as detailed discussion of the
commercialisation from the laboratory scale to realising the dream
of decentralising grid-based electric supply with sustainable
energy. Therefore, the book may serve as a prospective source for
multi-disciplinary energy researchers searching for viable
renewable energy solutions in terms of complex global
sustainability, making it an essential guide and reference.
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