Solar thermal power generation technology has great significance to alleviate global energy
shortage and improve the environment. Solar energy must be stored to provide a continuous …

Advanced energy storage is an essential key technology for adjusting the time discrepancy
and instability between solar energy supply and energy demand in solar heating and …

Energy plays an important role in a fast‐paced modern society. With the depletion of fossil
energy, effective utilization of solar energy is getting increasingly urgent. Thermal energy …

Solar thermal energy represents an increasingly attractive renewable source. However, to
provide continuous availability of this energy, it must be stored. This paper presents the state …

Among renewable energies, wind and solar are inherently intermittent and therefore both
require efficient energy storage systems to facilitate a round-the-clock electricity production …

A viable way to manage the inherently intermittent availability of solar energy in
concentrated solar power plants is to store solar energy during on-sun hours to be able to …

This chapter uses the first and second laws of thermodynamics along with Le Châtelier's
principle of chemical equilibria to illustrate how the high energy density of chemical …

Energy harvested from the sun is capable of achieving the required residential and industrial
energy demands. Thermal energy storage (TES) is a potential option for storing low-grade …

Solar energy is available throughout the world and is sufficient to satisfy all human energy
demand. However, it is diluted and intermittent. Therefore, energy storage systems must be …

The abundant presence of solar energy on the earth's surface makes it a viable source for
many engineering applications. The solar energy systems have enormous potential to …