Prospects of nanostructured composite materials for energy harvesting and storage.
Ibrahim, Idowu D. Sadiku, Emmanuel R. Jamiru, Tamba Hamam, Yskandar Alayli, Yasser Eze, Azunna A.
Ibrahim, Idowu D.
Sadiku, Emmanuel R.
Jamiru, Tamba
Hamam, Yskandar
Alayli, Yasser
Eze, Azunna A.
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In the 21st century, energy demand and the attendant environmental degradation, are among the most challenging issues. The concern is due to the high dependence, globally on fossil fuels as a form of energy generation. Over 6.5 billion people worldwide require approximately 13 Terawatts of energy for their day-to-day needs. In order to achieve the required energy demand, there is a need to diversify into other forms of energy; in this case, renewable energy. In so doing, there is the need to study, extensively, alternative materials and sources needed for energy generation, storage, distribution and application. There has been a significant advancement in energy generation, conversion and storage, such as fuel cells and solar cells, photovoltaic cells, supercapacitors, batteries, etc. The emergence of nanostructured and composite materials has resulted in some significant contributions towards the improvement in the energy industry development. Renewable energy, such as wind and solar energies, depend considerably, on the environmental conditions, which are not always stable. Hence, in order to harness the energy from these sources and to adequately store such energy, there is a need for a high-performance energy conversion and storage system for the energy generation process. In this regard, carbon nanomaterials, metallic sulphides, titanium oxide and many other nanostructured materials have been studied, to a large extent, for energy conversions and storage devices. The importance of nanostructured and composite materials has shown, from researches, to resolve the issues surrounding energy from generation to storage.
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2019-01-18
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Scientific Scholar and King Saud University
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Nanostructured, Composites, Renewable energy, Energy application