This book provides a comprehensive overview of thin film structures in energy applications. Each chapter contains both fundamentals principles for each thin film structure as well as the relevant energy application technologies. The authors cover thin films for a variety of energy sectors including inorganic and organic solar cells, DSSCs, solid oxide fuel cells, thermoelectrics, phosphors and cutting tools.
Thin Film Structures in Energy Applications
Table of contents
1. Thin film - deposition, growth aspects and characterizationP. Arunkumar, Sushil Kumar Kuanr, K. Suresh Babu*2. Coatings for Energy ApplicationsAnup Kumar Keshri* and Sribalaji M3. Ternary and quaternary semiconducting compounds thin film solar cellsP. Malar4 Organic Semiconductors: A New Future of Nano Devices and ApplicationsAnamika Dey, Ashish Singh,Dipjyoti Das,Paraeswar Krishnan Iyer*5 Titania Nano-architectures for energyTom Mathews* and Rajini P Antony6 State-of-the-art thin film electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cellsManjula. I. Nandasiri* and Suntharampillai Thevuthasan *7 Thin film thermoelectric materials for sensor applications: An overviewAshoka Bali, Raju Chetty and Ramesh Chandra Mallik8 Electroluminescent Thin Film PhosphorsSamuel Paul David *and Romain Gaume9 Thin Films for Energy Efficient Mechanical ToolsHisayuki Suematsu and Tsuneo Suzuki*