Phase change materials PCM are used in many energy storage applications. Energy is stored as latent heat of fusion through melting and is released during re-solidification. Dispersing highly-conductive nanoparticles NPs into the PCM enhances the effective thermal co... Lees meer.

Today energy demands strongly increase while resources are dwindling. With the development of countries like China and India primary energy consumption will continue at a fast pace. Renewable energies will become competitive and essential. Transition technologies such... Lees meer.

This book discusses the remediation process using graphene oxide as removal agent from a chemical point of view. State of the art properties of graphene oxide and its preparation methods are reported in the introduction. Environmental issues and regulations are present... Lees meer.

Metal Oxide Powder Technologies. Fundamentals Processing Methods and Applications reviews the fundamentals processing methods and applications of this key materials system. Topics addressed comprehensively cover chemical and physical properties synthesis preparatio... Lees meer.

Antimony is primarily used in alloys ceramics glass plastics electrochemical energy conversion semiconductor devices and flame retardant materials. Also antimony oxides are used as electrocatalysts in making electric display devices and photoconductors. Therefore... Lees meer.

Natural nitrogen cycle has been disturbed by the raise of anthropogenic nitrogen fixations. Anthropogenic disturbance on the environment causes eutrophication decrease in biodiversity acidification of soil and raise in nitrous oxide emission. To restore the balance n... Lees meer.

This volume presents mathematical models that predict phase compositions for various technological processes. It studies the thermodynamics and kinetics of specific stages of complex pyrometallurgical processes which enable design optimization. This monograph descr... Lees meer.

This book reviews recent advances in research on oxide scale behavior in high-temperature forming processes presenting novel previously neglected approaches. The clear and stringent style of presentation makes this monograph both coherent and easily readable. The res... Lees meer.

This volume presents mathematical models that predict phase compositions for various technological processes. It studies the thermodynamics and kinetics of specific stages of complex pyrometallurgical processes which enable design optimization. This monograph descr... Lees meer.

Nanostructured Anodic Metal Oxides. Synthesis and Applications reviews the current status of fabrication strategies that have been successfully developed to generate nanoporous nanotubular and nanofibrous anodic oxides on a range of metals. The most recent achievemen... Lees meer.

This work investigates the production of syngas from butane by rhodium doped ceria zirconia nanoparticles. The main issue of this study is to improve the catalytic performance at intermediate temperatures of 550 C. In the range of 500 to 600 C a packed bed reactor with... Lees meer.

This monograph describes mathematical models that enable prediction of phase compositions for various technological processes as developed on the base of a complex physico-chemical analysis of reaction. It studies thermodynamics and kinetics of specific stages of compl... Lees meer.

This study covers the preparation and electrochemical characterization of dimensionally stable anodes DSA r . These electrodes were prepared for the first time using the spin coating technique. Eventually the mechanisms of the charging discharging process the oxygen... Lees meer.

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This is a unique book devoted to the important class of both oxide and nitride semiconductors. It covers processing properties and applications of ZnO and GaN. The aim of this book is to provide the fundamental and technological issues for both ZnO and GaN. This is... Lees meer.