Advances in Energy Materials [Paperback]

This book presents recent advances in experimental and theoretical research on energy materials, focusing on materials that can potentially be used in the production of solar cells, hydrogen and energy storage devices. It discusses in detail the latest synthetic methods, processes, characterization methods and applications of materials like perovskite materials, metal sulfides, nanomaterials, and two-dimensional, transition metal dichalcogenides.

Chapter 1 - Inorganic perovskite material for energy harvesting.- Chapter 2 - Progress in growth and development of perovskite single crystals and their potential use in future devices.- Chapter 3 - Perovskite Materials and its application in thin film solar cells.- Chapter 4 - Advances in Nano-Materials used in Photovoltaic/Thermal Systems.- Chapter 5 - Pivotal role of nanomaterials in development of efficient thin film solar cells.- Chapter 6 - Si quantum dots for next generation solar energy harvester.- Chapter 7 - Studies on synthesis and various characteristics of Green materials for energy conversion and storage applications.- Chapter 8 - The efficiency of two-dimensional layered group VIB transition metal dichalcogenides as photocatalytic hydrogen production.- Chapter 9 - Photoluminescence of Spray-Deposited CdS Thin Films.- Chapter 10 - Properties of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by the Spray Pyrolysis Method on Glass Substrates.

Dr. Shadia J. Ikhmayies had received her B.Sc. in Physics, M.Sc. in Molecular Physics and Ph.D. in the field of CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells from the University of Jordan in 1983, 1987 and 2002, respectively. Her research focuses on producing and characterizing semiconductor thin films and thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells. Dr. Ikhmayies is also involved in characterizing quartz in Jordan for the exl`