The book covers the proceedings of International conference "Molecular and Nanoscale Systems for Energy Conversion". The monograph is including information about: Energy Poten Anaerobic Digestion of Wastes Produced in Russia Via Biogas and Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies; New Photovoltaic Composite Materials Based on Fullerene and Phthalocyanine Derivatives; Voltaic Effect in the Molecular Complexes of (Dtds)2 C60; Porphyrin Dyads with Potential Use In Solar Energy Conversion; Molecular Photovoltaic Systems Simulating Photosynthesis as Perspective Solar Energy Converters; Super-Rapid Processes From Higher Excited Singlet States of Tryptophan -- the Violation of the Vaviliov Low; Biosensor Approach To Assessment of Efficiency of Mediators for their Application in Microbial Biofuel Cells; The Quantum-Mechanical Model Superficial Atomic Hydrogenation Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube; Hybrid Silica-Zirconia Films Loaded with Titania Nanoparticles and Titania-Based Nanocontiners: Novel Materials for Thin-Film Photocatalysts and Photocontrollable Coatings; Power Characteristics of Microbial Fuel Cell Based on Gluconobacter Cell Suspension and 2,6-Dichlorophenolindophenol as Electron Transport Mediator; Photodestruction of Chlorophyll in Non-Biological Systems; The Current-Voltage Characteristic of Carbon Nanotubes in Non Linear Model; Characterisation of Photocatalytic Properties of Mesoporous Tio2 Prepared Using Templating Method; Hydrogen Atom as a Result of Dissociative Attachment of Low Energy Electrons (Below Ionisation Or Electronic Excitation Thresholds) in Frozen Aqueous Phosphate Solutions; Photoresponse of Colloidal Quantum Dots -- Conducting Sno2 Matrix Composite; Hybrid Titanium Oxide -- Polymer Nanostructured Composites For Energy Conversion Devices: Structure and Properties; Role of Glu181 in the Mechanism of Protonated Schiff Base Linkage Stabilisation in Dark-Adapted Visual Pigment Rhodopsin: Molecular Dynamics Simulation; Creating of a Laboratory Model Stand for Development of Oil Biodestruction Suppression Methods in Industrial and Natural Storages.

Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion: A Parallel Treatment of Electrons, Molecules, Phonons, and Photons By Gang Chen

Gang Chen provides an overview of microscale heat transfer, focusing on thermal energy storage and transport. He also presents related topics on the transport of electrons, phonons, photons and molecules and is part of the 'MIT-Pappalardo' series in mechanical engineering.

Hydrogen and fuel cells are vital technologies to ensure a secure and CO2-free energy future. Their development will take decades of extensive public and private effort to achieve technology breakthroughs and commercial maturity. Government research programs are indispensable for catalyzing the development process. This report maps the IEA countries' current efforts to research, develop and deploy the interlocking elements that constitute a "hydrogen economy", including CO2 capture and storage when hydrogen is produced out of fossil fuels. It provides an overview of what is being done, and by whom, covering an extensive complexity of national government R & D programs. The survey highlights the potential for exploiting the benefits of the international cooperation. This book draws primarily upon information contributed by IEA governments. In virtually all the IEA countries, important R & D and policy efforts on hydrogen and fuel cells are in place and expanding. Some are fully-integrated, government-funded programs, some are a key element in an overall strategy spread among multiple public and private efforts. The large amount of information provided in this publication reflects the vast array of technologies and logistics required to build the "hydrogen economy."--Publisher description.