Nanostructured materials for energy applications

• Published in: Microelectronic engineering Vol. 108; pp. 84 - 85
• Main Author: Lund, P.D.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-08-2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Energy; Energy technology; Exact sciences and technology; Materials science; Microelectronics; Nanocomposites; Nanocrystalline materials; Nanomaterials; Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization; Nanostructure; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures; Physics; Production methods; Synthesis; Energy; Nanomaterials; Nanostructures; Potential energy; Mass production; Energy gap; Electrochemical properties; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructured material
• ISSN: 0167-9317; 1873-5568
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2013.04.002

•Nanostructured materials have a large potential for energy applications.•New properties enable more efficient and easy-to-manufacture energy devices.•Scaling-up of nanomaterials and integration into real device is important.
Nanostructured materials have a large potential for energy applications. They may help bringing down the cost of new energy technologies and enable their mass production. Exciting new energy-relevant nanomaterials are under way, e.g. combining both physical and electrochemical principles in one material. New production and synthesis methods, that lend themselves for bulk production of nano-structured materials, are also emerging, which may help to bridge the gap in scales between nanoenergy and energy systems.