Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion: Theory and Application

✍ Scribed by Masakazu Sugiyama, Katsushi Fujii, Shinichiro Nakamura (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 472
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy 32
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explains the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy and its storage. It covers the basic background; interface modeling at the reacting surface; energy conversion with chemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approaches and energy conversion using applied photosynthesis. The important concepts for converting solar to chemical energy are based on an understanding of the reactions’ equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions. Since the energy conversion is essentially the transfer of free energy, the process are explained in the context of thermodynamics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction—Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Thermodynamics for Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry....Pages 7-34
Fundamentals of Semiconductors for Energy Harvesting....Pages 35-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Kinetics....Pages 57-65
Physical Model for Interfacial Carrier Dynamics....Pages 67-91
Physical Model at the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface....Pages 93-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Energy Storage in Batteries and Fuel Cells....Pages 105-122
Energy Storage in C–C, H–H and C–H Bond....Pages 123-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Thermochemical Water Splitting by Concentrated Solar Power....Pages 137-151
Photocatalytic Approach for CO2 Fixation....Pages 153-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Water Splitting Using Electrochemical Approach....Pages 175-189
CO2 Reduction Using Electrochemical Approach....Pages 191-211
CO2 Reduction Using an Electrochemical Approach from Chemical, Biological, and Geological Aspects in the Ancient and Modern Earth....Pages 213-228
Electrochemical Water Splitting Coupled with Solar Cells....Pages 229-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Photoelectrochemical Approach for Water Splitting....Pages 249-260
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Using Photovoltaic Materials....Pages 261-279
CO2 Reduction by Photoelectrochemistry....Pages 281-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Semiconductor-Based Photocatalytic Water Splitting....Pages 299-317
Photoelectrochemical Approach Using Photocatalysts....Pages 319-344
Solar Hydrogen Production on Photocatalysis-Electrolysis Hybrid System Using Redox Mediator and Porous Oxide Photoelectrodes....Pages 345-365
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Fundamentals of Photosynthesis for Energy Storage....Pages 369-377
Recent Understanding on the Photosystem of Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria....Pages 379-390
Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosynthetic Water Oxidation....Pages 391-402
Recent Understanding on Photosystem I....Pages 403-415
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
PS-I and PS-II on Electrodes for Energy Generation and Photo-Sensor....Pages 419-435
Electronic Device Approach Using Photosynthesis Assembly of Photosynthetic Protein Complexes for the Development of Nanobiodevices....Pages 437-454
Solar Energy Storage Using Algae....Pages 455-478
Back Matter....Pages 479-489

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Harvesting; Physical Chemistry; Energy Technology