Materials, critical materials and clean-energy technologies

Materials, critical materials and clean-energy technologies

— Modern engineered materials, components and systems depend on raw materials whose properties provide essential functionality to these technologies. Some of these raw materials are subject to supply-chain risks, and such materials are known as critical materials. This paper reviews corporate, national and world perspectives on material criticality. It then narrows its focus to studies that ass...

Mesoporous materials for clean energy technologies.

Alternative energy technologies are greatly hindered by significant limitations in materials science. From low activity to poor stability, and from mineral scarcity to high cost, the current materials are not able to cope with the significant challenges of clean energy technologies. However, recent advances in the preparation of nanomaterials, porous solids, and nanostructured solids are provid...

Materials for Clean Energy Conversion

Interactive Educational Materials and Technologies

1 Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Academy of Electronic Media, Troy, NY 12180, [email protected] 2 Gerald Burnham, University of Texas-Dallas, College of Engineering, Dallas, TX, [email protected] Abstract  This paper presents the results garnered from developing and utilizing web-based multimedia educational materials and technologies that were part of a NSFsponsored Course, C...

Materials for sustainable energy.

Materials for solar fuels and chemicals Joseph H. Montoya, Linsey C. Seitz, Pongkarn Chakthranont, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Thomas F. Jaramillo and Jens K. Nørskov 70 Available and affordable energy has so far led to spectacular industrialization and development, but with growth accelerating in developing countries, demands on non-renewable energy sources are reaching their limits. Moreover, the re...