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Introduction |
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1.2 Energy, Technology, and Sustainability |
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1.2.1 What Does Sustainability Mean? |
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1.2.3 Resource Availability |
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1.3 Energy Units, Terms, and Abbreviations |
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1.4 Electricity Generation and Storage |
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2.1 Formation of Oil and Gas |
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2.2 Extraction of Fossil Fuels |
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2.2.1 Conventional Petroleum |
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2.2.2 Nonconventional Sources |
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2.2.2.1 Shale Oil and Gas |
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2.2.2.4 Coal Bed Methane and Methane Hydrates |
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2.4 Carbon Capture and Storage |
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2.4.1 Capture and Separation |
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2.4.1.1 Membrane Technology |
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2.4.2 Conversion and Utilization |
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3.2 First Law of Thermodynamics |
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3.3 Second Law and Thermodynamic Cycles: The Carnot Efficiency |
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3.4 Exergy and Life-Cycle Assessment |
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Chapter 4 Polymers and Sustainable Energy |
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4.2.1 Step-Growth Polymerization |
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4.2.2 Chain-Growth Polymerization |
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4.2.3 Block Copolymers and CO2 Separation |
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4.2.4 Control in Polymer Synthesis |
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4.3 Characterization of Polymers |
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4.5 Polymer Chemistry and Wind Energy |
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4.5.4 Carbon Nanotubes and Polymer Matrix Composites |
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Chapter 5 Catalysis and Hydrogen Production |
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103 | (3) |
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5.2.2 Aside: The Fischer--Tropsch Process |
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5.2.4 Water and the Biological Production of Hydrogen |
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5.2.4.1 Microbial Electrolysis of Water |
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5.2.4.3 Photochemical Electrolysis of Water |
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5.3.1 Metal--Organic Frameworks |
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128 | (3) |
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5.3.3 Other CHS Materials |
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6.1.2 An Electrochemistry Review |
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6.2 Thermodynamics and Fuel Cells |
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6.2.1 Calculation of Cell Potential |
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6.2.2 Cell Potential and Gibbs Free Energy |
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6.2.2.2 Effect of Temperature and Pressure |
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6.3 Efficiency and Fuel Cells |
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6.4 Cell Performance: Where Do Inefficiencies Come From? |
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6.4.1 Voltage, Current, and Power |
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6.4.2.1 Loss Due to Activation |
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6.4.2.3 Concentration Effects |
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6.4.4 Cell Performance and Nernst Equation |
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6.5 Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts |
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6.5.2 Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
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6.5.3 Characterization of Catalysts |
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6.6 Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell |
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6.6.2 General Considerations |
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6.6.2.1 Membrane Electrode Assembly |
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6.6.3 Polymer Development |
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6.6.3.1 Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membranes |
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6.6.3.2 Poly(Arylene Ether) Membranes |
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6.6.3.3 Polyimides and Imidazoles |
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6.6.3.4 Metal--Organic Frameworks |
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6.6.4 Direct Methanol Fuel Cells |
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6.6.4.1 Half-Cell Reactions |
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6.6.4.2 DMFC Electrocatalysts |
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6.7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
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6.7.3 Electrode and Electrolyte Materials |
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6.7.4 Fabrication and Characterization |
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6.8.2.1 Anode Fabrication |
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6.8.2.2 Cathode Materials |
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6.10 Electrochemical Energy Storage |
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6.10.1 Lithium Ion Batteries |
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184 | (3) |
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6.10.1.1 Lithium--Sulfur Batteries |
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6.10.1.2 Lithium--Air Batteries |
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6.10.2 Sodium-Based Batteries |
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6.10.3 Redox Flow Batteries |
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Chapter 7 Solar Photovoltaics |
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7.2.1 Band Theory and the Photoelectric Effect |
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7.2.2 Electrical Conduction in a PV Device |
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7.2.3 Current--Voltage Curve and Efficiency |
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7.3 Inorganic Solar Cells |
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7.3.2 Thin-Film Inorganic Solar Cells |
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7.3.2.1 Thin-Film Silicon |
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7.3.2.2 Copper Indium Selenide and Alloys |
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7.3.2.3 Cadmium Telluride |
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7.4 Organic Photovoltaics |
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7.4.2.2 Characterization of HOMO--LUMO Energy Levels |
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7.4.4 Architecture and Morphology |
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7.5 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
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7.6 Quantum Dot Solar Cells |
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7.6.2 Architecture and Materials |
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7.6.2.3 Redox Mediator and Electrode Materials |
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7.7 Sustainability, Photovoltaics, and the CZTS Cell |
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8.1.2 Biomass Considerations |
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8.1.2.1 Energy Density and Land Use |
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8.1.5 Some Basic Biochemistry |
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8.2 Chemical Composition of Biomass |
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8.3 Reactivity and Conversion Options |
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8.3.2 General Reactivity Patterns |
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8.4 Biomass Beginnings: Harvesting and Processing |
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8.5 Thermochemical Processes |
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8.5.2.4 Pyrolysis Reactions |
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8.5.2.5 Upgrading Bio-Oil |
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8.5.3.2 Process Parameters and Reactor Design |
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8.5.3.3 Gasification Reactions |
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8.5.3.4 Contaminants and Catalysis |
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8.6 Biochemical Processes |
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8.6.1.1 Fermentation of Starch |
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8.6.2 Anaerobic Digestion |
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8.6.2.1 Biochemistry of Digestion |
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8.6.2.2 Process and Parameters |
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8.6.3.3 Biochemistry of Fatty Acids |
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8.6.3.4 Production and Catalysis |
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9.2 Nuclear Chemistry Basics |
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9.2.1 General Chemistry Review |
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9.2.2 Birth of Nuclear Energy |
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9.2.3.1 Conventional Nuclear Power |
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9.2.3.2 Other Types of Nuclear Reactors |
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9.3.3 Fuel Reprocessing and Waste Handling |
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9.3.3.2 Reprocessing Technologies |
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9.4 Future of Nuclear Energy |
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9.4.1 Generation IV Reactors |
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Chapter 10 Closing Remarks |
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Appendix I SI Units and Prefixes |
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Appendix II Unit Conversions |
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Appendix III Electricity: Units and Equations |
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Appendix IV Fossil Fuel Units and Abbreviations |
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Appendix V Important Constants |
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Appendix VI Acronyms |
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