Solar Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage: Materials, Technologies, and Applications - Solar Cell Engineering

Solar Energy Harvesting, Conversion and Storage: Materials, Technologies and Applications focuses on the current state of solar energy and the recent advancements in nanomaterials for different technologies from harnessing energy to storage. It covers the different aspects of advanced nanomaterials for solar energy; rapid developments in solar thermal and hot water systems; and PV and CSP technologies. In addition, storing the harnessed solar/heat energy using different available energy storage technologies including phase change materials (PCMs), batteries and supercapacitors are also discussed. Various applications such as agriculture and aquaculture, desalination, domestic appliances and transport are explored and lastly, different policies, strategies and socio-economic analysis for the growth of solar energy are reviewed. This handbook provides a broad array of possible solutions to overcome the existing technical problems to solar energy being more efficiently harnessed and stored and looks at potential future challenges.
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