TY - CHAP
T1 - Nanomaterials in renewable energy
T2 - UV-Visible spectroscopy characterization and applications
AU - Rizwan, Mohammad
AU - Gwenin, Christopher
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/7/15
Y1 - 2021/7/15
N2 - Currently, nanoscience (NS) and nanotechnology (NT) are the world’s fastest growing areas of science. Nanomaterials (NMs) are the foundation of NS and NT. They have large surface-to-volume ratio, high electronic properties, and enhanced optical properties. Magnetic properties, mechanical properties, and thermal properties are other important characteristics of NMs. Thus NMs are widely used in different areas of science and engineering including in renewable energy. However, only a specific NM with certain characteristics can be used to achieve an expected property. The characteristics of NMs are highly dependent on their size. This chapter discusses recent examples of the NM characterizations using UV-Visible spectroscopy and their applications in renewable energy.
AB - Currently, nanoscience (NS) and nanotechnology (NT) are the world’s fastest growing areas of science. Nanomaterials (NMs) are the foundation of NS and NT. They have large surface-to-volume ratio, high electronic properties, and enhanced optical properties. Magnetic properties, mechanical properties, and thermal properties are other important characteristics of NMs. Thus NMs are widely used in different areas of science and engineering including in renewable energy. However, only a specific NM with certain characteristics can be used to achieve an expected property. The characteristics of NMs are highly dependent on their size. This chapter discusses recent examples of the NM characterizations using UV-Visible spectroscopy and their applications in renewable energy.
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-821709-2.00017-7
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-821709-2.00017-7
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
AN - SCOPUS:85129062012
SN - 9780128217092
T3 - Micro & Nano Technologies series
SP - 103
EP - 120
BT - Nano tools and devices for enhanced renewable energy
A2 - Devasahayam, Sheila
A2 - Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar
PB - Elsevier
CY - Amsterdam
ER -
