Smart Materials and Devices for Energy Saving and Harvesting

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2024
• Subjects: 3S wire; 4-tert butylpyridine; AC loss; aging; ammonia storage; Astronomy, space and time; buildings; ceiling radiant cooling panel; CFD simulation; cooling capacity; cross-section dimensions; DEAP actuator; dehumidification; dielectric elastomer actuator; dielectric electroactive polymers; dye-sensitized solar cell; dynamic performance; electrochromic; energy-saving; EPDM; experiment; heat pumps; HTS twisted cable; HVAC; hybrid; ionic liquid; lightweight steel framed; loss current; m-MTDATA; Mathematics and Science; metal halide ammine; metal-organic framework; mine air cooling systems; mine dewatering system; n/a; nano-coating; NOx emissions reduction; number; parametric analysis; parametric study; partition walls; passive radiative cooling; polymeric insulators; redox electrolyte; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; SCR; silicone rubber; simulation; smart materials; solid-state redox mediator; sorption; stability; stud spacing; sub-ambient temperature; thermal break strips; thermal conductivity; thermal performance; underground refrigeration plant; urban heat island; waste heat recovery; water-uptake
• ISBN: 9783725824748; 3725824738; 3725824746; 9783725824731
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-7258-2474-8

Nowadays, energy harvesting and saving by means of innovative materials represents a challenge for researchers. In this context, smart materials may play a pivotal role, providing exciting performances and properties, as well as the chance to enhance design opportunities and energy saving through fabrication and operation. Smart materials are defined as highly engineered materials that respond intelligently to their environment with a specialized performance to meet specific users’ needs in a reversible way. Since the beginning of these research activities, worldwide, several classes of materials and devices have been proposed and investigated that show reversibly adaptive properties, namely shape memory materials, piezoelectric materials, chromogenics, new materials for more efficient solar energy conversion, electro-active polymers for energy harvesting, etc.