Energy Production. Fossil Fuels: The Effect of Zeolite Catalyst Particle Morphology on Catalyst Performance in the Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons / Katarzyna Anna Łukaszuk, Pablo del Campo Huertas, Andrea Molino, Malte Nielsen, Daniel Rojo-Gama, Juan Salvador Martinez-Espin, Karl Petter Lillerud, Unni Olsbye, Silvia Bordiga, Pablo Beato, Stian Svelle -- Fossil Fuels: Nanotechnologies for Petroleum Reservoir Engineering / Igor N Evdokimov -- Fossil Fuels: Coke-Resistant Nanomaterials for Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) Fuels / Brian A Rosen, Sarika Singh -- Photovoltaics: Light Energy Harvesting with Plasmonic Nanoparticle Networks / Jean-Paul Hugonin, Mondher Besbes, Philippe Ben-Abdallah -- Photovoltaics: Role of Nanotechnology in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells / Murugesan Janani, Shantikumar V Nair, A Sreekumaran Nair -- Photovoltaics: Nanomaterials for Photovoltaic Conversion / Abdelilah Slaoui, Daniel Lincot, Jean François Guillemoles, Ludovic Escoubas -- Photovoltaics: Light-Trapping in Crystalline Silicon and Thin-Film Solar Cells by Nanostructured Optical Coatings / Pierpaolo Spinelli, Bonna K Newman, Albert Polman -- Photovoltaics: Nanoengineered Materials and Their Functionality in Solar Cells / Kaining Ding, Thomas Kirchartz, Karsten Bittkau, Andreas Lambertz, Vladimir Smirnov, Jürgen Hüpkes, Uwe Rau -- Nonselective Coatings for Solar Thermal Applications in CSP / Raj Kumar Bera, Daniel Mandler, Shlomo Magdassi -- Selective Surfaces for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion in CSP: From Multilayers to Nanocomposites / Audrey Soum-Glaude, Laurie Di Giacomo, Sébastien Quoizola, Thomas Laurent, Gilles Flamant -- Nanobiotechnology Augmenting Biological Gaseous Energy Recovery / Shantonu Roy, Debabrata Das -- Nanotechnologies in Sodium-Cooled Fast Spectrum Reactor and Closed Fuel Cycle Sustainable Nuclear Energy System / Baldev Raj, U Kamachi Mudali -- Nanotechnology and Applications for Electric Power: The Perspective of a Major Player in Electricity / Didier Noël -- Lightweight Nanostructured Materials and Their Certification for Wind Energy Applications / Bikramjit Basu, Sherine Alex, N Eswara Prasad -- Energy Storage and Distribution. Nanostructured Materials for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries / T Sri Devi Kumari, T Prem Kumar, AK Shukla -- Carbon Nanotube Materials to Realize High-Performance Supercapacitors / Anthony Childress, Jingyi Zhu, Mehmet Karakaya, Deepika Saini, Ramakrishna Podila, Apparao Rao -- Recent Developments and Prospects of Nanostructured Supercapacitors / Katherine L Van Aken, Yury Gogotsi -- Nanostructured and Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage / Lars H Jepsen, Mark Paskevicius, Torben R Jensen -- Nanotechnology for the Storage of Hydrogen / Marek Nowak, Mieczyslaw Jurczyk -- Phase Change Nanomaterials for Thermal Energy Storage / Kinga Pielichowska, Krzysztof Pielichowski -- Carbon Nanotube Wires and Cables: Near-Term Applications and Future Perspectives / Jeremy Lee, Seeram Ramakrishna -- Energy Conversion and Harvesting. Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials: Current Research and Future Challenges / Hilaal Alam, Seeram Ramakrishna -- Nanostructured Cost-Effective and Energy-Efficient Thermoelectric Materials / Zhi-Gang Chen, Jin Zou -- Nanomaterials for Fuel Cell Technology / KS Dhathathreyan, N Rajalakshmi, R Balaji -- Contributions of Nanotechnology to Hydrogen Production / Sambandam Anandan, Femi Thomas Cheruvathoor, Muthupandian Ashokkumar -- Nanoenhanced Materials for Photolytic Hydrogen Production / Xiuquan Gu, Shuai Yuan, Mingguo Ma, Jiefang Zhu -- Human Vibration Energy Harvester with PZT / Tamil Selvan Ramadoss, Seeram Ramakrishna -- Energy Consumption in Information and Communication Technology: Role of Semiconductor Nanotechnology / Victor V Zhirnov, Kota VRM Murali -- Nanoenabled Materials and Coatings for Energy Applications. Nanocrystalline Bainitic Steels for Industrial Applications / C Garcia-Mateo, FG Caballero -- Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Energy Storage / Edward P Randviir, Craig E Banks -- Inorganic Nanotubes and Fullerene-Like Nanoparticles at the Crossroad between Materials Science and Nanotechnology and Their Applications with Regard to Sustainability / Leela S Panchakarla, Reshef Tenne -- Nanotechnology, Energy, and Fractals Nature / Vojislav V Mitić, Ljubiša M Kocić, Steven Tidrow, Hans-Jörg Fecht -- Magnesium Based Nanocomposites for Cleaner Transport / Manoj Gupta, Sankaranarayanan Seetharaman -- Nanocomposites: A Gaze through Their Applications in Transport Industry / Kottan Renganayagalu Ravi, Jayakrishnan Nampoothiri, Baldev Raj -- Semiconducting Nanowires in Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Energy Generation / Guglielmo Vastola, Gang Zhang -- Nanoliquid Metal Technology Toward High-Performance Energy Management, Conversion, and Storage / Jing Liu -- IoNanofluids: Innovative Agents for Sustainable Development / Carlos Nieto de Castro, Xavier Paredes, Salomé Vieira, Sohel Murshed, Maria José Lourenço, Fernando Santos -- Energy Conservation and Management. Silica Aerogels for Energy Conservation and Saving / Yamini Ananthan, Keerthi Sanghamitra K, Neha Hebalkar -- Nanotechnology in Architecture / George Elvin -- Nanofluids for Efficient Heat Transfer Applications / Baldev Raj, SA Angayarkanni, John Philip -- Technologies, Intellectual Property, and Markets. Nanomaterials for Li-Ion Batteries: Patents Landscape and Product Scenario / Md Shakeel Iqbal, Nisha C Kalarickal, Vivek Patel, Ratnesh Kumar Gaur -- Nanotechnology in Fuel Cells: A Bibliometric Analysis / Manish Sinha, Ratnesh Kumar Gaur, Harshad Karmarkar -- Techno-Commercial Opportunities of Nanotechnology in Wind Energy / Vivek Patel, YR Mahajan -- Environmental Remediation. Nanomaterials for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Renewable Fuels and Value-Added Products / Ibram Ganesh -- Nanomaterial-Based Methods for Cleaning Contaminated Water in Oil Spill Sites / Boris I Kharisov, HV Rasika Dias, Oxana V Kharissova, Yolanda Peña Méndez -- Nanomaterials and Direct Air Capture of CO2 / Dirk Fransaer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed February 16, 2017).

In three handy volumes, this ready reference provides a detailed overview of nanotechnology as it is applied to energy sustainability. Clearly structured, following an introduction, the first part of the book is dedicated to energy production, renewable energy, energy storage, energy distribution, and energy conversion and harvesting. The second part then goes on to discuss nano-enabled materials, energy conservation and management, technological and intellectual property-related issues and markets and environmental remediation. The text concludes with a look at and recommendations for future technology advances. An essential handbook for all experts in the field - from academic researchers and engineers to developers in industry.