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Handbook of Energy Materials in Supercapacitors and Storage Devices
Accelerate your understanding of modern energy storage with this one-stop resource that provides a comprehensive guide to the basics, materials, and recent advancements in high-efficiency supercapacitor technology. The increasing population, environmental pollution, and growing demand for energy underscores the importance of highly efficient energy storage devices. Supercapacitors, often referred to as ultracapacitors, have emerged as a pivotal technology in the realm of energy storage. Increasing demand for supercapacitors arises from the high energy density required by various modern applications like electric vehicles, UPS systems, wind turbines, space vehicles, regenerative braking, load leveling systems, etc. The above-mentioned applications require an improvement in working voltage (by preventing/reducing reaction between electrode and electrolyte surface), specific capacitance, and energy density (by increasing the surface area, addition of transition metal oxides/conducting polymers, etc.) of the existing supercapacitors. Global research is directed towards blending the high energy density of batteries with the high-power density of traditional capacitors, thereby enabling the supercapacitors to be ideal for applications demanding rapid charge and discharge cycles, high power output, and long cycle life. This book is designed to cover the basics of supercapacitors and provide a current account of the recent advances in this field. It provides the basics of various materials, different stages of growth in this field, and recent developments, making it a one-stop resource for understanding and advancing the field of supercapacitor technology. Readers will find in the volume; * A detailed explanation of the electrochemical processes and energy storage mechanisms in supercapacitors, with a detailed introduction to supercapacitors; * A comprehensive review of various electrode materials, including carbon-based materials, metal oxides, and conducting polymers; * A detailed discussion on different electrolyte types (aqueous, organic, and ionic liquids) and their impact on supercapacitor performance; * An exploration of the design considerations and manufacturing techniques for supercapacitors. Audience The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and industry professionals involved in various fields, including electronics, automotive, renewable energy, and grid storage. [640 Pages, Hardcover]
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Surrogate Modeling and Optimization
Expert reference on building surrogate models, optimization using them, prediction uncertainty associate with them, and their potential failure, with practical implementation in MATLAB Surrogate Modeling and Optimization explains the meaning of different surrogate models and provides an in-depth understanding of such surrogates, emphasizing how much uncertainty is associated with them, and when and how a surrogate model can fail in approximating complex functions and helping readers understand theory through practical implementation in MATLAB. This book enables readers to obtain an accurate approximate function using as few samples as possible, thereby allowing them to replace expensive computer simulations and experiments during design optimization, sensitivity analysis, and/or uncertainty quantification. The book is organized into three parts. Part I introduces the basics of surrogate modeling. Part II reviews various theories and algorithms of design optimization. Part III presents advanced topics in surrogate modeling, including the Kriging surrogate, neural network models, multi-fidelity surrogates, and efficient global optimization using Kriging surrogates. The book is divided into 10 chapters. Each chapter contains about 10 examples and 20 exercise problems. Lecture slides and a solution manual for exercise problems are available for instructors on a companion website. Sample topics discussed in Surrogate Modeling and Optimization include: * Various designs of experiments, such as those developed for linear and quadratic polynomial response surfaces (PRS) in a boxlike design space * Criteria for constrained and unconstrained optimization and the most important optimization theories * Various numerical algorithms for gradient-based optimization * Gradient-free optimization algorithms, often referred to as global search algorithms, which do not require gradient or Hessian information * Detailed explanations and implementation on Kriging surrogate, often referred to as Gaussian Process, especially when samples include noise * The combination of a small number of high-fidelity samples with many low-fidelity samples to improve prediction accuracy * Neural network models, focusing on training uncertainty and its effect on prediction uncertainty * Efficient global optimization using either polynomial response surfaces or Kriging surrofates Surrogate Modeling and Optimization is an essential learning companion for senior-level undergraduate and graduate students in all engineering disciplines, including mechanical, aerospace, civil, biomedical, and electrical engineering. The book is also valuable for industrial practitioners who apply the surrogate model to solve their optimization problems. [464 Pages, Hardcover]
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Printed Electronics for Smart Packaging
This book provides cutting-edge information about materials, technologies and mechanisms of printed electronics, and their applications for the smart packaging. [320 Pages, Hardcover]
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Chromogenics
Firsthand insights into the current and future technology and large-scale applications of color- and opacity-changing optical materials Chromogenics delivers a comprehensive overview of the industry-relevant scientific background of chromogenics and provides details on successful manufacturing techniques for the scalable fabrication of products, enabling readers to apply chromogenic materials in billion-dollar market segments such as the car industry (rear-view mirrors) and building and construction industry (self-tinting windows), as well as for individual end-user products such as sunglasses. Contributed to by developers of chromogenic products from leading companies and industry-near research institutions such as Fraunhofer, Merck, Pleotint, and Gentex, Chromogenics explores sample topics including: * Electrochromics (both inorganic and polymeric), thermochromics, and suspended particle devices (SPD) * Encapsulated pigment devices, specific liquid crystals, and polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC) * Vacuum web coaters and their large-area coatings, transparent electronic conductors, sputter coating processes, and pyrolytic doped tin oxide * Emerging commercial technologies including pyrolytic deposition, magnetron sputtering, slot die coating, and doctor blade coating * Products such as switchable self-dimming mirrors and switchable glazing for glare reduction, solar energy control, and privacy glazing Presenting state-of-the-art research in the field along with future outlooks, Chromogenics is an essential reference on the subject for materials scientists, physical chemists, applied physicists, and engineering scientists in industry. [544 Pages, Hardcover]
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Piezoelectric Materials
Authoritative reference making piezoelectric materials technology more accessible by crossing the boundary between fundamental materials physics and applied engineering Piezoelectric Materials provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, an important class of smart materials which are useful as both actuators and sensors, covering materials, properties, and devices, including case studies of example applications. In addition to providing the underlying science on the subject, the text also supports those interested in using piezoelectric actuators and sensors in real world applications. Early chapters help the reader understand the limits and appropriate operating conditions for the piezoelectric and ferroelectric devices described in later chapters. Other topics discussed in Piezoelectric Materials include: * The range of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials and their fundamental properties and applications in sensors, actuators, and as energy harvesting elements. * Designs for various piezoelectric devices, including case studies on piezoelectric actuator applications, e.g., for servovalves, hydrophones, and active vibration control. * Key limits of these materials and fundamental equations to predict displacement, force, resonance, and power requirements. Piezoelectric Materials serves as an invaluable reference on the subject and makes piezoceramic materials technology more accessible to researchers, advanced students, and practicing engineers. The text is also helpful to those in industries using piezoelectrics, in particular manufacturers of optics, photonics, and nanometrology equipment. [256 Pages, Hardcover]
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