January 2018
Beginner to intermediate
312 pages
11h 48m
English
Nanotechnology contributes in important ways to energy security: helping to supply small quantities of energy to nanoscale devices (harvesting energy from the environment); and supporting macroscale energy generation. Nanomaterials are being deployed to increase the performance of photovoltaic cells and storage batteries for electricity and storage tanks for hydrogen used as automotive fuel. Many applications are indirect: for example, reducing friction in moving machinery, including wind turbines; and lightweighting vehicles by replacing metal with nanocomposites — their effect is to save energy consumption.
Batteries; Fuel cells; Hydrogen storage; Electrical cabling; Energy efficiency; ...