Description: All the papers in this book have been subjected to a peer-review process based on their originality and quality. The topics covered in this book include materials for energy conversion, nanomaterials: synthesis and applications, environmental friendly materials, biomaterials, magnetic materials, electroceramic materials, materials processing, composite materials, functional materials, thin film technology, materials characterization and simulation, and materials technology and devices.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).

5th FORUM ON NEW MATERIALS PART C

Edited by: Dr. Pietro Vincenzini, Kunihito Koumoto, Nicola Romeo and Mark Mehos

Online since: October 2010

Description: The 47 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Thermal-to-Electrical Energy Conversion, Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion and Concentrating Solar Technologies”. The papers are conveniently arranged into MATERIALS FOR DIRECT THERMAL-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION, MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Crystalline Cells and Thin Film Photovoltaics, Emerging and New Generation Solar Cells, MATERIALS FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, CPV Materials and Technologies, CSP Materials and Technologies, CPV and CSP Application.