Energy Conversion and Green Energy Storage

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Energy Conversion and Green Energy Storage presents recent developments in renewable energy conversion and green energy storage. Covering technical expansions in renewable energy and applications, energy storage, and solar photovoltaics, the book features chapters written by global experts in the field. Providing insights related to various forms of renewable energy, the book discusses developments in solar photovoltaic applications. The book also includes simulation codes and programs, such as Wien2k code, VASP code, and MATLAB®. The book serves as a useful reference for researchers, graduate students, and engineers in the field of energy. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Editors Contributors PART I: Solar Photovoltaic Emerging Technologies Chapter 1 Photocatalyst: Potential Materials for Energy Production and Conversion 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Photocatalytic Mechanism 1.2.1 Hydrogen Evolution Reaction 1.2.2 Oxygen Evolution Reaction 1.2.3 Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction 1.3 Functionalization Methods for Photocatalytic Activity Enhancement 1.3.1 Anionic and Cationic Doping 1.3.2 Co-doping 1.3.3 Semiconductor Heterostructure and Metallic Co-catalyst 1.4 Role of Charge Transfer in Enhancing Photocatalytic Activity 1.5 Conclusion References Chapter 2 Design and Development of IoT-Based PV Cleaning System 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Description of Proposed IoT-Based PV Module Cleaning System 2.2.1 Arduino IDE Software 2.2.2 Blynk 2.3 Experimental Setup of Suggested IoT-Based PV Module Cleaning System 2.4 Results and Analysis 2.5 Conclusion References Chapter 3 End Life Cycle Cost-Benefit Analysis of 160 kW Grid-Integrated Solar Power Plant: BSDU Jaipur Campus 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Solar Photovoltaic Cell 3.2.1 Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 3.2.2 Important Characteristics of Solar Cells 3.2.3 Solar Cells, Module, and Arrays 3.3 Methodology 3.4 Conclusion References Chapter 4 A Review of the Theoretical Results Associated with the Intermediate Bandgap Solar Cell Materials: A Density Functional Study 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 First-Generation Photovoltaic Cells 4.1.2 Second-Generation Photovoltaic Cells 4.1.3 Third-Generation Photovoltaic Cells 4.2 Thin-Film Solar Cells 4.3 Experimentally Studied Thin-Film Solar Cells 4.3.1 Binary Thin-Film Solar Cell 4.3.2 Ternary Thin-Film Solar Cell 4.3.3 Quaternary Thin-Film Solar Cell 4.4 Theoretical Thin-Film Solar Cells 4.4.1 Binary Thin-Film Solar Cell 4.4.2 Ternary Thin-Film Solar Cell 4.4.3 Quaternary Thin-Film Solar Cell 4.5 Bulk Intermediate Band Solar Cell 4.6 Thin-Film Intermediate Band Solar Cell 4.7 Conclusion References Chapter 5 Finite Volume Numerical Analysis of Diamond and Zinc Nanoparticles Performance in a Water-Based Trapezium Direct Absorber Solar Collector with Buoyancy Effects Notation Greek 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Mathematical Model 5.3 Mesh Independence Test and Validation of Finite Volume Code 5.4 Results and Discussion 5.4.1 Effects of Rayleigh Number and Inclination on the Streamlines and Isotherms (Diamond) 5.4.2 Total Heat Flux 5.4.3 Surface Heat Transfer Coefc fi ient 5.4.4 Average Nusselt Number 5.4.5 Local Nusselt Number 5.4.6 Effects of Volume Fraction on the Streamlines and Isotherms (Diamond and Zinc) 5.4.7 Heat Transfer Coefficient 5.5 Conclusions References Chapter 6 Thermal Performance Study of a Copper U-Tube-based Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Experimental Methodology 6.2.1 Experimental Setup and Assembling of the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector 6.2.2 Experimental Procedure 6.3 Thermal Performance Evaluation 6.3.1 Incident Solar Radiation 6.3.2 Daily Thermal Efficiency 6.3.3 Uncertainty Analysis 6.4 Results and Discussion 6.4.1 Temperature Distribution Inside the Collector 6.4.2 Influence of Coolant Mass Flow Rate 6.4.3 Thermal Performance Assessment 6.5 Conclusion Nomenclature References PART II: Green Energy Storage Chapter 7 Green Technology Solutions for Energy Storage Devices 7.1 Introduction 7.2 What Is Green Technology? 7.3 Role of Green Technology as a Precursor for Energy Storage-Graphene Procurement 7.4 Properties of Graphene in the Context of Energy Storage Devices 7.4.1 Graphene’s Morphology 7.4.2 Electronic Properties 7.4.3 Optical Properties 7.4.4 Thermal Properties 7.4.5 Mechanical Properties 7.5 Role of Machine Learning-Based Prognoses for Green Technology Solutions 7.6 Conclusion Acknowledgments References Chapter 8 Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation of Thermal Convection in Green Fuel Cells with Finite Volume and Lattice Boltzmann Methods 8.1 Introduction 8.2 ANSYS FLUENT CFD Model 8.2.1 Mass Conservation Equation 8.2.2 Momentum Conservation Equation 8.3 Convergence Study 8.4 Numerical Results, Visualization, and Discussion 8.4.1 Case I: PEM Fuel Cell 8.4.2 Case II: AFC/PAFC Fuel Cell 8.4.3 Case III: SOFC Fuel Cell 8.5 Further Validation with Thermal LBM Code 8.6 Conclusions References Chapter 9 Graphene-based Composites for High-Speed Energy Storage Battery Application 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Basic Structure of Battery 9.3 Graphene Synthesis Techniques and Properties 9.4 Graphene-Based Anode 9.5 Graphene-Based Cathode 9.5.1 Li–S Batteries 9.5.2 Li–Air Batteries 9.5.3 Others 9.6 Developing Properties of EES Devices Designed from Graphene-Based Composites 9.6.1 Flexibility 9.6.2 Transparency 9.6.3 Free-Standing Property 9.6.4 Fast-Charging Property for Batteries 9.6.5 Other Properties 9.7 Outlook References Chapter 10 Energy Applications of Ionic Liquids 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Li-Ion Batteries 10.3 Fuel Cells 10.4 Solar Cells 10.5 Conclusions References Index