Solar Hydrogen Generation Toward a Renewable Energy Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rajeshwar, Krishnan (Editor), McConnell, Robert (Editor), Licht, Stuart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Electrochemistry.; Power electronics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Materials science.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Materials Science, general.; Energy Economics.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.

Hydrogen has been touted as the basis of a new and powerful energy economy not reliant on fossil fuels. This book examines strategies for generating hydrogen from sunlight and water in a sustainable way. Authoritative discussions are provided by experts on topics ranging from a description of the so...

Table of Contents:

• Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy
• The Solar Resource
• Electrolysis of Water
• A Solar Concentrator Pathway to Low-Cost Electrolytic Hydrogen
• Thermochemical and Thermal/Photo Hybrid Solar Water Splitting
• Molecular Approaches to Photochemical Splitting of Water
• Hydrogen Generation from Irradiated Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces
• Photobiological Methods of Renewable Hydrogen Production
• Centralized Production of Hydrogen using a Coupled Water Electrolyzer-Solar Photovoltaic System.