Challenges posed by the intermittency of solar energy source necessitate the integration of solar energy conversion with scalable energy storage systems.
Elsevier,
A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems, 2018, Pages 81-107.
This chapter advances goals 9 and 7 by discussing sustainable solar energy generation and storage for rural sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the ‘circular economy’.
Elsevier,
Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications, 2018, Pages 437-61.
This chapter contributes to goals 7 and 9 by looking in-depthly at the various structures of nanocomposaite proton exchange membranes (PEMs) using carbon nanotubes, graphene, and graphene oxide as fillers.
Elsevier,
Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications, 2018, Pages 415-436.
To advance goals 7 and 9, this chapter examines the properties of Polyaniline-Graphene Nanocomposite and considers its suitability as an energy storage material.
To advance goal 7, this chapter examines how biotransformation, namely the use of micro-organisms to fractionate and enhance petroleum, might help mitigate the associated pollution and upgrading of crude oil.
This chapter contributes to goal 7 by examining the effects of petroleum and its by-products on the environment and the Biotechnological remedies for such situations.
Elsevier,
Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies, Volume 1: Solar and Wind Energies, 2018, Pages 115-161.
To advance goal 7, this chapter discusses how the generation of electric power from renewable energy systems, like photovoltaic (PV), can meet the world’s energy needs.
Elsevier,
Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies, Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids, 2018, Pages 345-375.
This chapter addresses goal 7 by presenting an overview of the principles and techniques of distributed generation (DG) units.
Elsevier,
Sustainability, Energy and Architecture, Case Studies in Realizing Green Buildings, 2013, Pages 359-385.
This chapter advances goals 11 and 7 by analysing the users' perceptions of thirty-one sustainable commercial and institutional buildings located in a range of climatic zones.
The road transport scene is changing rapidly under the stimulus of new vehicle and engine technology, as well as global political and socio-economic pressures. Through discussion of these issues, this chapter advances goals 11 and 7.
