An international group of leading scientists from the field has contributed to the 12th volume in this series, covering a range of different types of solar cells and including a critical comparison of the different techniques available for manufacturing the semiconductors needed. The result is an expert insight the central questions surrounding photovoltaic materials and systems, reflecting the latest developments in this hot and timely green topic.

How will we meet rising energy demands? What are our options? Are there viable long-term solutions for the future? Learn the fundamental physical, chemical and materials science at the heart of renewable/non-renewable energy sources, future transportation systems, energy efficiency and energy storage. Whether you are a student taking an energy course or a newcomer to the field, this textbook will help you understand critical relationships between the environment, energy and sustainability. Leading experts provide comprehensive coverage of each topic, bringing together diverse subject matter by integrating theory with engaging insights. Each chapter includes helpful features to aid understanding, including a historical overview to provide context, suggested further reading and questions for discussion. Every subject is beautifully illustrated and brought to life with full color images and color-coded sections for easy browsing, making this a complete educational package. Fundamentals of Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability will enable today's scientists and educate future generations.

Photoelectrochemical processes due to the symbiosis of photochemical and electrochemical processes result in unique reaction pathways and products. This technique catalysed by nanomaterials is extensively used to harness sunlight for production of fuels and chemical feedstocks. This book explains the basic concepts of photoelectrochemistry as well as their application in the generation of solar fuels from water, CO2 and N2 as feedstocks. It also contains standard methodologies and benchmarks of fuel production including current state of the art in nanocatalysts as well as their mechanism of action. This book: Explores fundamentals and real-time applications of photoelectrochemistry in fuel generation Reviews basic theory and best-known catalysts and best conditions/processes for fuel generation in each of the chapters Covers standard methodologies, processes, and limitations for large-scale applications Focusses on sustainable production of fuels from renewable energy and resources This book aims at graduate students/researchers in chemical, energy and materials engineering.

The concept of photoelectrochemistry applied to microbial fuel cells could be the future of sustainable wastewater treatment and for hydrogen recovery as a valuable energy source. With the increase of recalcitrant organic pollutants in industrial wastewater, the need for a sustainable bio-electrochemical process has become pressing in order to ensure that treatment processes are coupled with some beneficiation advantages. Microbial fuel cells combine wastewater treatment and biological power generation. However, the resistance of these organic pollutants to biological degradation requires further adjustment of the system to improve sustainability through maximization of energy production. Solar energy conversion using photocatalysis has drawn huge attention for its potential to provide renewable and sustainable energy. Furthermore, it might be the solution to serious environmental and energy-related problems. It has been widely understood for several years that the top global issues today are concerned with securing a clean supply of water and ensuring a reasonable price for clean energy. Researchers are studying advanced materials and processes to produce clean, renewable hydrogen fuel through photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting, as well as to reduce carbon dioxide from the air into fuels through photocatalysis. Limited progress is occurring in these areas. The purpose of this book is to comprehensively cover the evolvement in the conceptualization and application of photocatalytic fuel cells, as well as make a critical assessment of the contribution in the field of sustainable wastewater treatment and renewable energy production. This book contains nine specialized chapters that provide comprehensive coverage of the design of photocatalytic fuel cells and their applications, including environmental remediation, chemical synthesis, green energy generation, model simulation for scaling up processes and implementation, and most importantly maximization of hydrogen evolution, recovery, and applications. Audience A wide audience of academics, industrial researchers, and graduate students working in heterogeneous photocatalysis, fuel cells, sustainable chemistry, nanotechnology, chemical engineering, environmental protection, and surfaces and interfaces, will find this book useful. The book is also important for professionals, namely environmental managers, water treatment plants managers and operators, water authorities, government regulatory bodies officers, and environmentalists.

Book Title: 3rd International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion - mESC-IS 2018, Program and the Book of Abstracts Conference Chair Jasmina Grbović Novaković, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Conference Vice chair(s) Bojana Paskaš Mamula, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Sandra Kurko, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Nikola Novaković, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Sanja Milošević Govedarović, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia International Advisory Board Dag Noreus, Stockholm University, Sweden Daniel Fruchart, Neel Institute, Grenoble, France Volodymyr Yartys, Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway Amelia Montone, ENEA, Casaccia, Italy Patricia de Rango, Neel Institute, Grenoble, France Nataliya Skryabina, Perm State University, Russia Jose Ramon Ares Fernandez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Tayfur Öztürk, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Kadri Aydınol Middle East Technical University, Ankara Ruth Imnadze, Tblisi State University, Tbilisi Saban Patat, Erciyes University, Kayseri Slavko Mentus, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Šćepan Miljanić, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Jasmina Grbovic-Novakovic, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade Branimir Banov, IEES, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Fermin Cuevas, ICMPE/CNRS, Paris, France Darius Milčius, LEI, Kaunas, Lithuania Junxian Zhang, ICMPE/CNRS, Paris, France Montse Casas-Cabanas, CIC Energigune, Álava, Spain 4 mESC-IS 2018, 3rd Int. Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, Belgrade, Serbia Program committee Tayfur Öztürk, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Adam Revesz, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary Dan Lupu, INCDTIM, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Georgia Charalambopoulou, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Miran Gaberšček, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia Nikola Biliškov, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia Maja Buljan, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia Branimir Banov, IEES, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Tony Spassov, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University, Bulgaria Perica Paunovic, FTM, Skopje, Macedonia Siniša Ignjatović, UNIBL, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragana Jugović, Inst Tech Sci SASA, Belgrade, Serbia Ivana Stojković Simatović, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Igor Pašti, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Nenad Ivanović, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Ivana Radisavljević, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Milica Marčeta Kaninski, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Jasmina Grbović Novaković, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Nikola Novaković, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Sandra Kurko, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Organizing committee Bojana Paskaš Mamula, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Jelena Milićević, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Tijana Pantić, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Sanja Milošević Govedarović, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Jana Radaković, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Katarina Batalović, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Igor Milanović, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia,Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Andjelka Djukić, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Bojana Kuzmanović, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Mirjana Medić Ilić, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Jelena Rmuš, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Željko Mravik, Vinča Institute, Belgrade, Serbia Dear Colleagues, Welcome to 3rd International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion - mESC-IS 2018 and the town of Belgrade! The aim of the symphosium is to gather the researchers from Balkans, and all over Europe dealing with energy related materials to discuss on the important issues regarding energy storage, harvesting and conversion. First two very succesful symposia were organised in Turkey in 2015 and 2017 by professor Tayfur Öztürk, METU. The symposium, as before, will provide a forum for discussion in recent progress made in three major activity areas, namely batteries, solid state hydrogen storage and fuel cells. The symposium have a fair balance of plenary sessions covering cross-cutting issues and the state of the art reviews and parallel sessions with contributed papers and poster presentation. The papers from this conference will be published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Special Issue in order to disseminate the knowledge and to improve the visibility of symposiun Dr. Jasmina Grbović Novaković Dr. Nikola Novaković Dr. Sandra Kurko

Bent Sørensen's Renewable Energy: Physics, Engineering, Environmental Impacts, Economics and Planning, Fifth Edition, continues the tradition by providing a thorough and current overview of the entire renewable energy sphere. Since its first edition, this standard reference source helped put renewable energy on the map of scientific agendas. Several renewable energy solutions no longer form just a marginal addition to energy supply, but have become major players, with the promise to become the backbone of an energy system suitable for life in the sustainability lane. This volume is a problem-solving tool for engineers, researchers, students, consultants, and planners currently working in the field, as well as a detailed map of the renewables universe for those looking to expand into new technological specialties, offering the most comprehensive coverage of the subject available. The book has been structured around three parts in order to assist readers in focusing on the issues that impact them the most for a given project or question. PART I covers the basic scientific principles behind all major renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind, and biomass. PART II provides in-depth information about how these raw renewable sources can actually be converted into useful forms, transmitted into the grid, and stored for future utilization. Finally, PART III undertakes the aspects of energy planning, environmental impacts, and socio-economic issues on regional and global levels. In this new edition, Sørensen presents his audience with updated data about renewables market penetration, current insights on climate change, the most recent available technology for renewable energy conversion, transmission and storage, and revised planning scenarios and the future outlook. - Covers the underlying physics and engineering of energy sources and conversion processes, including methodologies, models, and analysis - Provides a better understanding of the scientific basis and current progress in the field - Requires advanced knowledge of math and physics - Provides a unique three part organization covering energy sources, conversion processes, and the related planning, environmental impacts, and socio-economic issues on regional and global levels - New edition presents updated data about renewables market penetration, current insights on climate change, the most recent available technology for renewable energy conversion, transmission and storage, and revised planning scenarios and future outlook