Nanotechnology is being used in the energy sector to develop new and improved energy technologies, such as more efficient solar cells, better batteries, and more durable fuel cells. Some examples: ...

The selling points of nanotechnology for the sustainability movement are easily stated. In the lead are the prospects of nano-enabled clean energy and clean water, with some vaguer and more ...

The worlds of nanotechnology and energy meet to unveil a realm of functional materials for fuelling the challenge of low-carbon, sustainable energy. Increases in the price of oil, Earth's most ...

"The ability to efficiently manipulate light and electricity is central to the advancement of faster, more efficient, and ...

Nanotechnology has the potential to play a significant role in environmental protection and sustainability by enabling new and improved methods for monitoring, cleaning up, and mitigating ...

Comprised of eighteen chapters, the book is divided in three thematic parts: Part I Sustainable Energy Production covers the main developments of nanotechnology in clean energy production and ...

Nano-materials seem to be one of the keys to improving the capability of batteries to absorb, store and discharge energy. AltairNano and A123 systems are both using the tiny particles in the ...

It is widely hoped that nanotechnology will lead to novel, more powerful and cost-effective production, conversion, storage and use of energy. It is already affecting technology in batteries ...

Presented projects focus on global challenges facing nanotechnology applications in the development and production of new ...