Advanced Energy Materials

by Santanu Ghosh

Overview

This book presents the fundamental aspects of various energy resources, namely, photovoltaic energy, thermoelectric energy, green hydrogen generation, lithium-ion battery, fuel cell, supercapacitors along with various devices and applications. The primary focus of the chapters is to explore utilization of various materials like conventional bulk materials, thin films, low dimensional materials, nanomaterials, quantum materials, for above-mentioned energy generation process. The various physical and chemical routes for the synthesis of these energy materials are also discussed in the various chapters. Students from diverse backgrounds in engineering and physical sciences may find it as text for a graduate level course on this subject, while practicing engineers may find this book as a useful reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031891281
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	09/10/2025
Edition description:	Second Edition 2025
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Santanu Ghosh, Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi, has long experience in teaching and research on various materials from bulk to nanoscale, their synthesis, characterization and applications. He investigated many materials like oxides, nitrides, chalcogenides, metals, nanocomposites, carbon nanostructures for miscellaneous applications, which include some renewable energy sources. He also taught a course titled 'Energy materials and devices' to undergraduate, postgraduate students and young researchers. He has authored about 150 research papers, several book chapters, review articles, two books book and one web-based course (under NPTEL).

Table of Contents

1. Solar Energy Conversion and Si Solar cell.- 2. Heterojunction Thin Film Solar Cells.- 3. Dye sensitized, Quantum dot sensitized, Perovskite and Tandem Solar cell.- 4. Materials for Thermo electric Energy.- 5. Materials for Photoelectrochemical water splitting.- 7. Materials and Devices for Energy Storage.