Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuel Production From Basic Principles to
This book explores the conversion for solar energy into renewable liquid fuels through electrochemical reactions. The first section of the book is devoted to the theoretical fundamentals of solar fuels production, focusing on the surface properties of sem
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toelectrochemical Solar Fuel Production From Basic Principles to Advanced Devices
Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuel Production
Sixto Gime´nez • Juan Bisquert Editors
Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuel Production From Basic Principles to Advanced Devices
Editors Sixto Gime´nez Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) Universitat Jaume I Castello de la Plana, Spain
Juan Bisquert Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) Universitat Jaume I Castello de la Plana, Spain
ISBN 978-3-319-29639-5 ISBN 978-3-319-29641-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29641-8
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To Professor Pedro Salvador, a pioneer of photoelectrochemistry
Preface
The supply of water, food, and energy on a global scale constitutes the most relevant challenge to sustain humankind development in the twenty-first century. Focusing on energy, the wide availability of resources is essential to meet the needs of a growing world population with increasing living standards and hence high energy demand. In this context, chemical fuels constitute a key energy vehicle in the global scheme, since energy is available in a form that can be easily stored and used upon demand. Fossil fuels are excellent for transportation and generation of electricity and heat, but they arise from finite reserves that will be depleted in a few decades. In addition, burning oil and natural gas produces heavy pollution and greenhouse effect, leading to progressive warming of the earth crust with the concomitant risks of climate change. Consequently, we urgently need chemical fuels that can be derived from a widely available source, and that yield a benign residue when converted into other energy vectors. The production of a green and renewable chemica
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