This book is for scientists and engineers interested in energy-related materials, compounds and electronic devices. Prof. Yong Zhou is currently serving as a full professor at the Eco-Materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), Nanjing University, China.

Eco- and Renewable Energy Materials provides a survey of the current topics and the major developmental trends in the rapidly growing research area of clean energy materials. This book covers, but is not limited to, photochemical materials (fuels from light), fuel cells (electricity from fuels), batteries (electricity storage), and hydrogen production and storage. This book is intended as a vehicle for the dissemination of research results on energy-based material science in the form of commissioned reviews and commentaries.

This book is for scientists and engineers interested in energy-related materials, compounds and electronic devices. Prof. Yong Zhou is currently serving as a full professor at the Eco-Materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), Nanjing University, China.

Chapter 1 Silicon Based Photovoltaic Materials

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Wafer-based crystalline silicon

  1.2.1 Mono-crystalline silicon

  1.2.2 Multi-crystalline silicon

  1.2.3 Sheet and ribbon silicon

 1.3 Thin-film silicon

  1.3.1 Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H)

  1.3.2 Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (c-Si:H)..

 1.4 Nano-structured silicon

  1.4.1 Silicon nanowire

  1.4.2 Silicon quantum dots

 1.5 Conclusion and perspective

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Chapter 2 Perylenes in Organic Photovoltaics

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Perylene pigments in solar cells

 2.3 Perylene dyes in solar cells

 2.4 Perylene contained polymers/oligomers in solar cells ..

  2.4.1 Perylene contained heterojunction solar cells .,

  2.4.2 Perylene contained single-molecular solar cells .,

 2.5 Perylenes in Gr/itzel solar cells

  2.5.1 The derivatives ofperylenediimides

  2.5.2 The derivatives of perylenemonoimides

  2.5.3 Perylene based multichromophores

 2.6 Conclusion and outlook

 Acknowledgements

 References

Chapter 3 Carbon Corrosion in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Catalysts and its Mitiga tion Strategies

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 Carbon corrosion

  3.2.1 The reasons and consequences

  3.2.2 Mechanism of carbon corrosion

  3.2.3 Test methods and characterization

 3.3 Mitigation strategies to carbon corrosion

  3.3.1 System strategy

  3.3.2 Corrosion-resistant catalyst support

 Acknowledgements

 References

Chapter 4 Converting Low-grade Biomass to Produce Energy Using Bio-fuel Cells

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Theoretical principles of bio-fuel cells

 4.3 Designs for scaling up

 4.4 Materials in bio-fuel cells

  4.4.1 Fuels

  4.4.2 Biocatalysts

  4.4.3 Enzymes in EFCs

  4.4.4 Microbes used in MFCs

  4.4.5 Oxidants

  4.4.6 Electrode materials

  4.4.7 Power output in bio-fuel cells

 4.5 Concluding remarks

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Chapter 5 Nanostructured Electrode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Nanostructured anode

  5.2.1 Nanostructured Si

  5.2.2 Nano-sized transition-metal oxides

  5.2.3 Nanostructured Sn alloy and oxide

  5.2.4 Nanostructured lithium titanium oxides and tita nium oxides

 5.3 Nanostructured cathode

  5.3.1 Nanostructured metal oxides

  5.3.2 Lithium transition metal oxides

  5.3.3 Olivine LiFePO4

 5.4 Conclusion

 Acknowledgements

 References

Chapter 6 Fiber Solar Cells

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 A summary of flexible flat plate cells

 6.3 Flexible fiber cells

  6.3.1 Organic fiber cells

  6.3.2 Dye-sensitized fiber solar cells

 6.4 Module of the fiber cell

  6.4.1 Module of screen electrodes

  6.4.2 Module of single-wire solar cell array arrangement

  6.4.3 Module of roll-to-roll, mass production, and weav- ing technology

 6.5 Three-dimensional light-collecting feature of fiber cell

  6.5.1 Diffused reflection and utilization of stray light

  6.5.2 Dependence on angle

  6.5.3 Design of Light-concentrating structure

  6.5.4 Colorful weaving cell

 6.6 Conclusion and prospect

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Chapter 7 Semiconductors for Photoelectroche Mical Hydrogen Generation

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Basic mechanisms and types of PECs for H2 production ..

 7.3 Photoelectrode materials forPECs H2 generation

  7.3.1 TiO2

  7.3.2 WO3

  7.3.3 Fe203

  7.3.4 BiVO4

  7.3.5 Other semiconductor photoelectrode materials ..

  7.3.6 Heterojunction photoelectrode materials

 7.4 Conclusions and future developments

 Acknowledgements

 References

Chapter 8 The Application of Metal-Organic Fra- me works to CO2 Capture

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 MOF membrane for CO2 Separation

 8.3 Selectivity adsorption

  8.3.1 Carbon dioxide adsorption in rigid metal-organic frame works

  8.3.2 Carbon dioxide adsorption in flexible metal organic frameworks

 8.4 Future prospects

 Acknowledgements

 References

Chapter 9 CO2 Selective Separation Membranes

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Fundamental background

 9.3 Polymeric membranes

  9.3.1 Materials, structures and fabrication

  9.3.2 Chemical modification and physical blending

 9.4 Inorganic membranes

  9.4.1 Zeolite

  9.4.2 Carbon

 9.5 Mixed-matrix Membranes (MMMs)

  9.5.1 Zeolite fillers

  9.5.2 Carbon fillers

  9.5.3 Silica fillers

  9.5.4 Other fillers

 9.6 Conclusion

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