Peter Ozaveshe Oviroh

This book explores the pivotal role that smart materials and energy systems play in driving innovation and sustainability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The book’s chapters cover a wide range of topics, cutting across advanced materials science, energy technologies, and the ongoing digital transformation known as the 4IR. By connecting smart materials to large-scale sustainability efforts and clean energy technologies, this work assists readers looking for solutions to climate change and global energy challenges, broadening its relevance to environmental policy and renewable energy sectors.• Examines the development, classification, and application of smart materials across key industries, emphasizing their role in driving innovation and sustainability.• Dives deeply into the evolving energy landscape and addresses the future of energy systems and clean energy solutions.• Offers authoritative insights and cutting-edge research, ensuring that readers gain access to the latest developments and trends.• Provides a future-oriented analysis of how smart materials can be applied across diverse industries such as renewable energy, nanotechnology, and smart grids.• Involves real-world examples of smart materials used in healthcare, construction, and renewable energy, helping readers understand how these innovations are applied in practice.• Emphasizes sustainability, energy efficiency, and the role of smart materials in addressing global energy challenges.Offering forward-looking insights into emerging technologies and trends in smart materials, energy storage, and clean energy, this book equips readers in materials, chemical, and related engineering disciplines with the knowledge to stay ahead in their fields and adapt to future industry shifts.

This book focuses on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and its applications in the field of green hydrogen energy. It covers the fundamental understanding of how new functional materials can be synthesized by ALD, and provides insights into its use in advanced nanopatterning for microelectronics, energy storage systems, desalination, catalysis, and medical fields. The book also highlights the advancements in computational and experimental methodologies for optimizing ALD processes in the context of green hydrogen energy. The book addresses aspects that might affect deposition and green hydrogen energy, and presents analysis and characterization techniques in the field. With specific examples illustrating the progress in green hydrogen ALD processes and their impact on other technologies, this book aims to enable the reduction of cost, energy waste, and adverse environmental impacts associated with hydrogen energy. It provides a comprehensive overview of ALD technology, hydrogen production, purification, and storage methods, modeling and simulation techniques, analysis and characterization approaches, and future perspectives on green hydrogen energy.