Fundamentals of Electrochemical Energy Devices

ISBN-13: 9789814616157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 300 str.

Yogeshwar Sahai; Jia Ma

Opis

Energy is undeniably a crucial resource for all societies today. Concerns surrounding the renewability of this resource, as well as the quest to discover alternative and sustainable sources of energy, have led to the rapid growth in the field of electrochemical energy generation and storage.Fundamentals of Electrochemical Energy Devices is a multidisciplinary textbook designed to put across to the readers a comprehensive view covering the subjects of electrochemical devices for energy - from the concepts and underpinning technologies to the peripheral devices such as batteries, fuel cells, and electrochemical capacitors of electrochemistry, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, interfacial and transport phenomena - paying particular attention to the correlation between concepts as well as the similarity and differences between various electrochemical energy devices.Students and professionals who are working on or doing research in areas related to electrochemical energy devices will find this book practical and easy to understand, and a comprehensive introduction to the electrochemical means of energy storage and generation.