Ebook: Solar Hydrogen Generation: Toward a Renewable Energy Future
- Tags: Renewable Energy Sources, Electrochemistry, Materials Science, Energy Economics, Electrical Power Generation and Transmission
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Hydrogen has been touted as the basis of a new and powerful energy economy not reliant on fossil fuels. This book examines strategies for generating hydrogen from sunlight and water in a sustainable way. Authoritative discussions are provided by experts on topics ranging from a description of the solar resource, electrolysis of water, solar concentrator pathway to low cost electrolytic hydrogen, thermal/photo hybrid splitting of water, photochemical water splitting, hydrogen generation at inorganic semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces, to photobiological schemes for producing hydrogen from water. The book culminates with an analysis of a coupled water electrolyzer-solar photovoltaic system for the centralized production of hydrogen. The literature citation is extensive and comprehensive in each chapter and the book provides a broad perspective of the rapid developments in an important aspect of energy science and technology. The material covered is required reading for practioners of solar energy conversion R&D in academia, government, and industry originating from a spectrum of disciplines including chemistry, biology, physics, chemical and mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and materials science.
Hydrogen has been touted as the basis of a new and powerful energy economy not reliant on fossil fuels. This book examines strategies for generating hydrogen from sunlight and water in a sustainable way. Authoritative discussions are provided by experts on topics ranging from a description of the solar resource, electrolysis of water, solar concentrator pathway to low cost electrolytic hydrogen, thermal/photo hybrid splitting of water, photochemical water splitting, hydrogen generation at inorganic semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces, to photobiological schemes for producing hydrogen from water. The book culminates with an analysis of a coupled water electrolyzer-solar photovoltaic system for the centralized production of hydrogen. The literature citation is extensive and comprehensive in each chapter and the book provides a broad perspective of the rapid developments in an important aspect of energy science and technology. The material covered is required reading for practioners of solar energy conversion R&D in academia, government, and industry originating from a spectrum of disciplines including chemistry, biology, physics, chemical and mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and materials science.
Hydrogen has been touted as the basis of a new and powerful energy economy not reliant on fossil fuels. This book examines strategies for generating hydrogen from sunlight and water in a sustainable way. Authoritative discussions are provided by experts on topics ranging from a description of the solar resource, electrolysis of water, solar concentrator pathway to low cost electrolytic hydrogen, thermal/photo hybrid splitting of water, photochemical water splitting, hydrogen generation at inorganic semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces, to photobiological schemes for producing hydrogen from water. The book culminates with an analysis of a coupled water electrolyzer-solar photovoltaic system for the centralized production of hydrogen. The literature citation is extensive and comprehensive in each chapter and the book provides a broad perspective of the rapid developments in an important aspect of energy science and technology. The material covered is required reading for practioners of solar energy conversion R&D in academia, government, and industry originating from a spectrum of disciplines including chemistry, biology, physics, chemical and mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and materials science.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy....Pages 1-18
The Solar Resource....Pages 19-39
Electrolysis of Water....Pages 41-63
A Solar Concentrator Pathway to Low-Cost Electrolytic Hydrogen....Pages 65-86
Thermochemical and Thermal/Photo Hybrid Solar Water Splitting....Pages 87-121
Molecular Approaches to Photochemical Splitting of Water....Pages 123-165
Hydrogen Generation from Irradiated Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces....Pages 167-228
Photobiological Methods of Renewable Hydrogen Production....Pages 229-271
Centralized Production of Hydrogen using a Coupled Water Electrolyzer-Solar Photovoltaic System....Pages 273-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-318
Hydrogen has been touted as the basis of a new and powerful energy economy not reliant on fossil fuels. This book examines strategies for generating hydrogen from sunlight and water in a sustainable way. Authoritative discussions are provided by experts on topics ranging from a description of the solar resource, electrolysis of water, solar concentrator pathway to low cost electrolytic hydrogen, thermal/photo hybrid splitting of water, photochemical water splitting, hydrogen generation at inorganic semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces, to photobiological schemes for producing hydrogen from water. The book culminates with an analysis of a coupled water electrolyzer-solar photovoltaic system for the centralized production of hydrogen. The literature citation is extensive and comprehensive in each chapter and the book provides a broad perspective of the rapid developments in an important aspect of energy science and technology. The material covered is required reading for practioners of solar energy conversion R&D in academia, government, and industry originating from a spectrum of disciplines including chemistry, biology, physics, chemical and mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and materials science.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy....Pages 1-18
The Solar Resource....Pages 19-39
Electrolysis of Water....Pages 41-63
A Solar Concentrator Pathway to Low-Cost Electrolytic Hydrogen....Pages 65-86
Thermochemical and Thermal/Photo Hybrid Solar Water Splitting....Pages 87-121
Molecular Approaches to Photochemical Splitting of Water....Pages 123-165
Hydrogen Generation from Irradiated Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces....Pages 167-228
Photobiological Methods of Renewable Hydrogen Production....Pages 229-271
Centralized Production of Hydrogen using a Coupled Water Electrolyzer-Solar Photovoltaic System....Pages 273-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-318
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