Solar energy composites

As this volume attests, a wide range of chemistry occurs at interfacial boundaries. Examples range from biological and medicinal interfacial problems, such as the chemistry of anesthesia, to solar energy conversion and electrode processes in batteries, to industrial-scale separations of metal ores across interfaces, to investigations into self-assembled monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films for nanoelectronics and nonlinear optical materials. These problems are based not only on structure and composition of the interface but also on kinetic processes that occur at interfaces. As such, there is considerable motivation to explore chemical dynamics at interfaces. 

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In summary, we have described the main concepts of two components of our program, one on composite materials and the other on alloys. The experiments on composite materials are still not advanced enough to tell how effective such materials will be as electrodes. The results on the alloys show some promise, and point to the need for a more basic materials approach in order to obtain improved electrodes. This work was supported by the Solar Energy Research Institute. 

Self-assembled and spontaneously adsorbed monolayers offer a facile means of controlling the chemical composition and physical structure of a surface. As discussed later in Chapter 5, applications of these monolayers include modeling election transfer reactions, biomimetic membranes, nano-scale photonic devices, solar energy conversion, catalysis, chemical sensing and nano-scale lithography. 

Rincdn, A.G. and Pulgarin, C. (2007b) Solar photolytic and photocatalytic disinfection of water at laboratory and field scale. Effect of the chemical composition of water and study of the postirradiation events. Solar Energy Eng. 129, 100-110. 

Chum, H. L., Structural Materials for the Automobile of the Future—Composite Materials, in Assessment of Biobased Materials, H. L. Chum (Ed.), pp. 1.1-1.19, Solar Energy Res. Inst., Rpt. No. SERI/TR-234-3650, Dept, of Energy, Golden, CO, 1989. 

Carbohydrates, substances having the general composition of Cx (H20)x, are central to planet Earth s survival and sustainability. Carbohydrates result from the solar energy-driven reduction of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis. Photosynthesis generates both carbohydrate matter (solids) and oxygen (gas). The reduction of carbon dioxide to carbohydrates and oxygen (plus water) requires 112kcal/mol of CO2 [1]. 

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