05502nam 2200709 450 991014029020332120230803195239.01-118-90484-21-118-90492-31-118-90489-3(CKB)2670000000523068(EBL)1624263(SSID)ssj0001110710(PQKBManifestationID)11603660(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001110710(PQKBWorkID)11126087(PQKB)10215034(MiAaPQ)EBC1624263(DLC) 2014005194(Au-PeEL)EBL1624263(CaPaEBR)ebr10837599(CaONFJC)MIL573967(OCoLC)870211377(EXLCZ)99267000000052306820140206h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdvanced energy materials /edited by Ashutosh Tiwari and Sergiy ValyukhHoboken, New Jersey :John Wiley & Sons,[2014]©20141 online resource (616 p.)Advanced materials seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-118-68629-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Non-imaging Focusing Heliostat; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Principle of Non-imaging Focusing Heliostat (NIFH); 1.2.1 Primary Tracking (Global Movement for Heliostat Frame); 1.2.2 Secondary Tracking (Local Movement for Slave Mirrors); 1.3 Residual Aberration; 1.3.1 Methodology; 1.3.2 Optical Analysis of Residual Aberration; 1.4 Optimization of Flux Distribution Pattern for Wide Range of Incident Angle; 1.5 First Prototype of Non-imaging Focusing Heliostat (NIFH); 1.5.1 Heliostat Structure; 1.5.2 Heliostat Arm; 1.5.3 Pedestal1.5.4 Mirror and Unit Frame1.5.5 Hardware and Software Control System; 1.5.6 Optical Alignment of Prototype Heliostat; 1.5.7 High Temperature Solar Furnace System; 1.6 Second Prototype of Non-imaging Focusing Heliostat (NIFH); 1.6.1 Introduction; 1.6.2 Mechanical Design and Control System of Second Prototype; 1.6.3 High Temperature Potato Skin Vaporization Experiment; 1.7 Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 2 State-of-the-Art of Nanostructures in Solar Energy Research; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Motivations for Solar Energy; 2.2.1 Importance of Solar Energy; 2.2.2 Solar Energy and Its Economy2.2.3 Technologies Based on Solar Energy2.2.4 Photovoltaic Systems; 2.3 Nanostructures and Different Synthesis Techniques; 2.3.1 Classification of Nanomaterials; 2.3.2 Synthesis and Processing of Nanomaterials; 2.4 Nanomaterials for Solar Cells Applications; 2.4.1 CdTe, CdSe and CdS Thin-Film PV Devices; 2.4.2 Nanoparticles/Quantum Dot Solar Cells and PV Devices; 2.4.3 Iron Disulfide Pyrite, CuInS2 and Cu2ZnSnS4; 2.4.4 Organic Solar Cells and Nanowire Solar Cells; 2.4.5 Polycrystalline Thin-Film Solar Cells; 2.5 Advanced Nanostructures for Technological Applications2.5.1 Nanocones Used as Inexpensive Solar Cells2.5.2 Core/Shell Nanoparticles towards PV Applications; 2.5.3 Silicon PV Devices; 2.5.4 III-V Semiconductors; 2.6 Theory and Future Trends in Solar Cells; 2.6.1 Theoretical Formulation of the Solar Cell; 2.6.2 The Third Generation Solar Cells; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 Metal Oxide Semiconductors and Their Nanocomposites Application towards Photovoltaic and Photocatalytic; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Applications3.3 TiO2Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for the Application of DSSC and Heterostructure Devices3.3.1 Fabrication of DSSCs with TiO2 Nanorods (NRs) Based Photoanode; 3.3.2 Fabrication of DSSCs with TiO2 Nanocomposite Based Photoanode; 3.3.3 TiO2 Nanocomposite for the Heterostructure Devices; 3.4 ZnO Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for the Application of DSSC and Heterostructure Devices; 3.4.1 Fabrication of DSSCs with ZnO Nanotubes (NTs) Based Photoanode; 3.4.2 Fabrication of DSSCs with Nanospikes Decorated ZnO Sheets Based Photoanode3.4.3 Fabrication of DSSCs with ZnO Nanorods (NRs) and Nanoballs (NBs) Nanomaterial Based PhotoanodeThe role of materials engineering is to provide the much needed support in the development of photovoltaic devices with the new and fundamental researches on novel energy materials with tailor-made photonic properties. Advanced Energy Materials has been designed to provide the state-of-the-art so that scientists can fully be informed of this vast multi-disciplinary approach. A good understanding on the excited state reactivity of photoactive materials helps to prepare new materials and molecules capable of absorbing light over a given wavelength range and using it for driving electronAdvance Materials SeriesRenewable energy sourcesResearchEnergy storageMaterialsSolar energyMaterialsRenewable energy sourcesResearch.Energy storageMaterials.Solar energyMaterials.621.31028/4Tiwari Ashutosh1978-738472Valyukh Sergiy972584MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910140290203321Advanced energy materials2212164UNINA