Energy Materials Discovery: Enabling a Sustainable Future

Materials have the potential to be the centerpiece for the transition to viable renewable energy technologies if they realize a specific suite of properties and achieve a desired set of performance metrics. This book presents an umbrella view of the myriad of classes of materials that make renewable energy technologies work and highlights the importance of designing and engineering superior performance metrics and meeting economic, regulatory, social, policy, environmental, and sustainability criteria. Disruption in the traditional way of discovering materials is coming with the emergence of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic automation, which can evaluate massive libraries of materials and provide a vision of what is next.

Format: Hardback
Length: 444 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2022
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Materials have the potential to be the cornerstone of the transition to viable renewable energy technologies if they possess a specific set of properties and achieve desired performance metrics. The envisioned transition entails the discovery of materials that enable the generation, conversion, storage, transmission, and utilization of renewable energy.

This comprehensive book, written from a materials chemistry perspective, offers a broad overview of the diverse classes of materials that make renewable energy technologies effective. It sheds light on how these materials are poised to facilitate the shift from non-renewable and unsustainable energy systems of the past to renewable and sustainable energy systems of the future. The journey of discovering new energy materials often begins in chemistry laboratories, where researchers explore the potential of various materials to generate, convert, store, transmit, and utilize renewable energy.

However, the successful displacement of materials in existing energy technologies with new ones requires not only the ability to design and engineer superior performance metrics for the material and technology but also the fulfillment of stringent economic, regulatory, social, policy, environmental, and sustainability criteria.

The traditional approach to discovering materials is undergoing a disruptive transformation with the emergence of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic automation. These advanced technologies are designed to accelerate the well-established discovery process, enabling the evaluation of vast libraries of materials and opening up endless possibilities. This book provides a perspective on the application of these new technologies to the field of energy materials discovery, as well as an overview of energy materials discovery within the broader techno-economic and social context. Whether you are a budding researcher or an experienced materials scientist, this book serves as a valuable guide, leading you on a fascinating journey of discovery and equipping you with a vision of what lies ahead.

Weight: 855g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839163166