Nanostructured Materials for Next-Generation Energy Storage and Conversion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xlv

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2. Solar Energy: Potential and Toxicology

   • Bhumika Ancha, Sajid Bashir, Nancy KingSanders, Jingbo Louise Liu

   Pages 1-44

3. First-Principles Simulations for CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) Solar Cells

   • Yu-Wen Cheng, Hong-Tao Xue, Fu-Ling Tang, Jingbo Louise Liu

   Pages 45-74

4. Design of Photovoltaics-Based Manufacturing System Using Computer-Aided Design

   • José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar, Sergio Castellanos, Benjamin B. Shapiro, Douglas M. Powell, Ian M. Peters, Tonio Buonassisi et al.

   Pages 75-88

5. Solar Energy Harvesting by Perfect Absorbers Made of Natural Hyperbolic Material

   • Zhaolong Wang, Ping Cheng

   Pages 89-110

6. Strategies for Improving Solar Energy Conversion: Nanostructured Materials and Processing Techniques

   • Monica C. So, Sung Won Yoon, Nicole D. Mackie

   Pages 111-135

7. The Recent Research and Growth in Energy Efficiency in Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Solar Cells

   • R. J. Deokate

   Pages 137-164

8. Counter Electrode Materials for Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells

   • Zonghao Liu, Hongshan He

   Pages 165-225

9. Impact of Electron Transport Layers (ETLs) and Hole Transport Layer (HTLs) on Perovskite Solar Cells Performance

   • Shakhawan Ahmad Mhamad, Abdussamad Mukhtar Mohammed, Madzlan Aziz, Farhana Aziz

   Pages 227-246

10. Thermal Management Techniques for Concentrating Photovoltaic Modules

    • Xiaoru Zhuang, Xinhai Xu, Jianpeng Cui

    Pages 247-281

11. Thermal Energy Storage Systems Based on Metal Hydride Materials

    • Claudio Corgnale, Bruce Hardy

    Pages 283-315

12. Advanced Coupling of Energy Storage and Photovoltaics

    • Ashim Gurung, Ke Chen, Qiquan Qiao

    Pages 317-350

13. Design, Engineering, and Evaluation of Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    • Wenhui Li, Mahmoud Elkhaklifa, Hongshan He

    Pages 351-381

14. Insights into the Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Molecular Photovoltaics

    • Matthew C. Kessinger, Amanda J. Morris

    Pages 383-407

15. Industry-Specific Utilization of Solar Industrial Process Heat (SHIP)

    • Shahjadi Hisan Farjana, Nazmul Huda, M. A. Parvez Mahmud

    Pages 409-438

16. Comparative Analysis of Water Quality of Different Types of Feed Water in Solar Energy Based Desalting System

    • Arunkumar Thirugnanasambantham, Jiaqiang Wang, David Denkenberger

    Pages 439-456

17. Toward Economically Rational Hydrogen Production from Solar Energy: From Battery Versus Hydrogen to Battery × Hydrogen

    • Michihisa Koyama

    Pages 457-470

18. Postface: China in the New Policies Scenario

    • Yongjun Gao, Yuliang Zhang, Jingbo Louise Liu, Sajid Bashir

    Pages 471-496

19. Correction to: Design, Engineering, and Evaluation of Porphyrins for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    • Wenhui Li, Mahmoud Elkhalifa, Hongshan He

    Pages C1-C1

20. Back Matter

    Pages 497-501

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Nanostructured Materials for Next-Generation Energy Storage and Conversion: Photovoltaic and Solar Energy, is volume 4 of a 4-volume series on sustainable energy. Photovoltaic and Solar Energy while being a comprehensive reference work, is written with minimal jargon related to various aspects of solar energy and energy policies. It is authored by leading experts in the field, and lays out theory, practice, and simulation studies related to solar energy and allied applications including policy, economic and technological challenges. Topics covered include: introduction to solar energy, fundamentals of solar radiation, heat transfer, thermal collection and conversion, solar economy, heating, cooling, dehumidification systems, power and process heat, solar power conversion, policy and applications pertinent to solar energy as viable alternatives to fossil fuels.

The aim of the book is to present all the information necessary for the design and analysisof solar energy systems for engineers, material scientists, economics, policy analysts, graduate students, senior undergraduates, solar energy practitioner, as well as policy or lawmakers in the field of energy policy, international energy trade, and libraries which house technical handbooks related to energy, energy policy and applications.

• Nanostructured Materials
• Energy
• Renewable Energy
• Photovoltaics
• Photovoltaic Energy
• Solar Energy
• Energy Storage
• Energy Conversion
• Green Energy

• Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, USA

  Tulay Aygan Atesin

• Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Kingsville, USA

  Sajid Bashir, Jingbo Louise Liu

Dr. Tulay Aygan Atesin received her Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Rochester under the supervision of Professor William D. Jones working on the mechanisms of strong bond activation reactions. She was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2007 to 2009 and at Northwestern University from 2009 to 2011. After being a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, she moved to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (formally The University of Texas-Pan American) in 2013. She completed the UTPA ADVANCE Leadership Institute in Spring 2014 and UTPA ADVANCE Administrative Fellow in the Office of Undergraduate Research and Service Learning in 2014-2015. She was a DOE Visiting Faculty at the Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratories in Summer 2016. She completed the ACS Leadership Institute in 2017 and chaired the ACS South Texas Local section in 2018. She is a recipient of a 2008 Young Investigator Award from the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry.

Prof. Sajid Bashir received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Warwick, England, 2001. He was a postgraduate research associate at Cornell University to conduct research in the field of plant genetics. Currently, he is a Full Professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and a Faculty Fellow at the US Air Force. He has directed and participated in more than 20 projects supported by the Welch Foundation, TAMUK, Texas Workforce Commission, and US National Institute of Health. He has co-authored > 80 book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and Chartered Chemist & Chartered Scientists of Science Council. More recently, he has collaborated with local law enforcement as a consultant.

Jingbo (Louise) Liu received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2001. She is a full Professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and focused on materials preparation, characterization, and
applications. She is the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and DEBI faculty fellow at the US Air Force Research Laboratory. She has authored and co-authored, books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles (>100). During her 12.5-year services in TAMUK, she taught > 8,700 students and trained about 150 students and scholars to conduct leading-edge research. She directed and/or participated in the projects (>40) supported by the NSF (US and China), NSERC (CANADA), ACS Petroleum Research Funds, and Department of Education as PI, Co-PI and senior personnel. She was recently elected as the Division Chair-Elect of Energy and Fuels, American Chemical Society.

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