Electrochemically enabled sustainability : devices, materials, and mechanisms for energy conversion /

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Author / Creator:	Chan, Kwong-Yu (Chemical engineer), author.
Imprint:	Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (499 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, tables
Language:	English
Subject:	Electric batteries. Direct energy conversion -- Materials. Electrochemistry. Electric batteries Electrochemistry
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13623077

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Other authors / contributors:	Li, Chi-Ying Vanessa, author. Banerjee, Anjan, contributor.
ISBN:	9781466575448 1466575441 9781466575431 1466575433
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. Print version record.
Summary:	"With contributions from leading researchers in their fields, this book provides an overview of the most important electrochemical power sources in development today. Focusing on materials, design, and performance, the text presents the most recent and innovative technologies employed in battery and fuel cell technology. Topics include acid/alkaline batteries, microbial fuel cells, Li-Air, Li-Sulphur, flow batteries, lithium ion batteries, lead acid batteries, supercapacitors, photoelectrochemistry, and carbon dioxide electroreduction. The book discusses the advantages of these fuel cells over conventional power sources and their future applications"--
Other form:	Print version: Chan, Kwong-Yu (Chemical engineer). Electrochemically enabled sustainability : devices, materials, and mechanisms for energy conversion. Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, ©2014 xii, 468 pages 9781466575431

Table of Contents:

1. Electroreduction of carbon dioxide / Daniel A. Lowy and Maria Jitaru
2. Microbial fuel cells and other bio-electrochemical conversion devices / Shaoan Cheng and Weifeng Liu
3. Lithium batteries : status and future / Bruno Scrosati and Jusef Hassoun
4. Hollow mesoporous carbon with hierarchical nanoarchitecture in electrochemical energy storage and conversion / Min-Sik Kim, Dae-Soo Yang, Min Young Song, Jung Ho Kim and Jong-Sung Yu
5. Layer-structured cathode materials for energy storage / Bohang Song, Man On Lai and Li Lu
6. First-principles approach for cathode design and characterisation / Dong-Hwa Seo, Inchul Park and Kisuk Kang
7. Advanced batteries and improvements in electrode materials / Ashok Kumar Shukla, Vedam Ganesh Kumar and Musuwathi Krishnamoorthy Ravikumar
8. Lead-carbon hybrid ultracapacitors and their applications / Ashok Kumar Shukla, Anjan Banerjee and Musuwathi Krishnamoorthy Ravikumar
9. Vanadium flow batteries : from materials to large-scale prototypes / Huamin Zhang
10. Physical properties of negative half-cell electrolytes in the vanadium redox flow battery / Asem Mousa and Maria Skyllas-Kazacos
11. pH differential power sources with electrochemical neutralisation / Huanqiao Li, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li, Guo-Ming Weng and Kwong-Yu Chan.

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