Renwable Solar Energy: Developments and Future Prespectives - Selected papers from INCORE2016 Confernce-Zewail City Egypt
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2016) | Viewed by 496
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute for Materials Science - Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, CAU-Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
3. Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht- Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Interests: functional nanomaterials and nanocomposites; smart materials; green nanotechnology; bio-nanotechnology; environmental remediation; nanophotonics and plasmonic
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Interests: photonics
2. International Coordinator of ANSOLE and BALEWARE Distinguished Brian O´Connell Visiting Fellow of the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Interests: synthetic organic and polymer chemistry; organic semiconducting materials for photovoltaic and other optoelectronic applications, as well as for CO2 reduction; renewable energy education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concerns regarding the long-term availability of fossil fuels enforce the usage of renewable resources in the current century. Solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass are the key components of renewable technologies thus far. During the recent event of Ansole, which was held at the university of Zewail City of Science and Technology, in Egypt, current developments and perspectives of renewable energy, especially in Africa, with respect to technologies, finances, and future locations, were the primary focus.
This Special Issue aims to shed light on the most important conclusion of the aforementioned event, while, at the same time, cover international research activities on all aspects of renewable solar energy and its function in the forms of solar absorbers, thermal emitters, photovoltaics, optoelectronics, solar detoxifications, fuel production, photo-catalysts, transparent conductors, and others. In particular, manuscripts on innovative fabrication methods and characterization approaches of organic, inorganic, and composite materials at the micro/nano-scale, as well the design of sustainable energy systems and future perspectives, are highly welcome.
Prof. Dr. Mady Elbahri
Prof. Dr. Salah Obayya
Prof. Dr. Daniel Ayuk Mbi Egbe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Renewable Solar energy
- Sustainable Energy Sources
- Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for solar applications
- Functional materials for energy harvesting applications
- Electromagnetically active materials
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