Sustainable Materials and Green Processing for Energy Conversion

Environmental pollution is one of the global crises that endangers the life cycles of living things. There are multiple root causes of this pollution including industrialization that demands a huge supply of raw materials for the production of products related to meeting the demands of the Internet-of-Things. As a result, improvement of material and product life cycles by incorporation of green, sustainable principles is essential to address this challenging issue. The main emphasis of this book is to provide a concise reference for the green processing and synthesis of the materials required for the next generation of devices for use in renewable energy conversion and/or storage. Additionally, the functional materials for use in the energy devices must also be able to degrade and decompose with minimum energy after being disposed of at their end-of-life. This book will cover topics related to processing of bio-organic materials and environmentally-friendly organic and inorganic sources of materials, synthetic green chemistry, bioresorbable and transient properties of functional materials, and the concept of sustainable material design. This book is comprised of chapters authored by worldwide experts in their respective fields and serves as an important reference for students, researchers, and engineers who are interested in gaining extensive knowledge concerning green processing of sustainable and green functional materials for the next generation energy devices.