Overview
- Addresses energy production and storage using thin film technology
- Describes fundamentals, processing of and characterization, and specialized aspects of thin film applications
- Introduces potential applications of nanostructured coatings in the energy sector including anti-reflection coating, self-cleaning coating, super-hydrophobic coating, anti-icing coating, anti-fouling coating, abradable coating, wear resistant coating, corrosion resistant coating, and thermal barrier coating
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Coatings for Energy Applications
- Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
- Fuel Cells
- High Temperature Oxidation Protection
- Nanostructured Coatings
- Nanostructured Thin Films
- Photovoltaics
- Polymer Based Thin Structures
- Thin Film Based Thermoelectric Materials
- Thin Film Characterization
- Thin Film Phosphor Materials
- Thin Film Structures
- Thin Films for Energy
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Suresh Babu Krishna Moorthy has dual Master’s in Science (Chemistry) and Engineering (Materials Science). He completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IITM), India in 2005 and has been working in the area of nanostructures since 2000. He was working with University of Central Florida, USA (2006-2010) before joining as Assistant Professor with Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry. His current research focuses on thin films for solid oxide fuel cells and high temperature oxidation protection of components. In addition he is also interested on the development of multifunctional nanostructures for theranostic applications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thin Film Structures in Energy Applications
Editors: Suresh Babu Krishna Moorthy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14774-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14773-4Published: 26 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38329-3Published: 13 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14774-1Published: 10 March 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 292
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Energy Storage, Energy Systems