and gas resources. Drilling an unconventional field requires engineered drilling
fluids because an efficient drilling operation purely depends upon the performance
of drilling fluid. Drilling fluid which is a combination of solids and fluids performs
many functions such as cooling the drill bit, cleaning the wellbore, maintaining the
wellbore pressure, and development of a filter cake to prevent the invasion of fluid
into the formation.
Chapter “Interaction of Nanoparticles with Reservoir Fluids and Rocks for
Enhanced Oil Recovery” details the types of NPs, preparation, and their characterization with the application of various nanoparticles in chemical enhanced oil
recovery (CEOR). Limitation of NPs application in chemical enhanced oil recovery
area is spelled out clearly with the recommendation at the end. The chapter focuses
on work carried out by the researchers on chemical and rarely on thermal, gas
injection, and biological EOR methods using NPs and their impact on the viscosity,
interfacial tension (IFT), and wettability the major influencing factors for EOR. The
authors intend to make the reader understand the pore-scale mechanism behind the
enhanced oil recovery.
Chapter “Versatile 1-D Nanostructures for Green Energy Conversion and
Storage Devices” reveals the updated literature survey on green synthesis of 1-D
nanostructures applied in photovoltaic solar cells (PSC) and energy storage systems
(ESS). Increasing population and living standards demands high energy provisions;
but considering pollution issues and depleting fossil fuel reservoirs, the fulfillment
of the energy demands through eco-friendly/green renewable energy technologies
have become an urgent need. Among all renewable energy systems, photovoltaic
solar cells (PSC) with energy storage systems (ESS) such as batteries or supercapacitors have attracted great attention as the next generation of energy suppliers.
Chapter “Nanoporous Polymeric Membranes for Hydrogen Separation” summarizes detail of H 2 gas separation based on the different membranes and
approaches to prepare hydrogen-selective membranes. Among all renewable energy
sources, hydrogen has been found more attractive energy carrier due to high efficiency and cost-effective, sustainable energy source. For practical use of H 2 as an
energy source, it should be separated from a mixture of gases by using
hydrogen-selective membranes.
Chapter “Functionalized Nano-porous Silicon Surfaces for Energy Storage
Application” highlights the importance of electrochemically prepared porous silicon where the physical properties, e.g., pore diameter, porosity, and pore length that
can be controlled by etching parameter and the functionalized nanostructured surfaces of porous silicon, might be the key material to develop high energy storage
electrodes. Storing power from several intermittent sources has been a great interest
of scientific community and grows as the renewable energy industry begins to
generate a larger fraction of overall energy consumption.
Chapter “Optimization of MAPbI 3 Film Using Response Surface Methodology
for Enhancement in Photovoltaic Performance” details the optimization of process
parameters for the deposition of methylamine lead iodide (CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 or
MAPbI 3 ) film using parametric study and response surface methodology (RSM).
The independent parameters to be optimized are PbI 2 :CH 3 NH 3 I ratio (1:2–1:4), spin
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fluids because an efficient drilling operation purely depends upon the performance
of drilling fluid. Drilling fluid which is a combination of solids and fluids performs
many functions such as cooling the drill bit, cleaning the wellbore, maintaining the
wellbore pressure, and development of a filter cake to prevent the invasion of fluid
into the formation.
Chapter “Interaction of Nanoparticles with Reservoir Fluids and Rocks for
Enhanced Oil Recovery” details the types of NPs, preparation, and their characterization with the application of various nanoparticles in chemical enhanced oil
recovery (CEOR). Limitation of NPs application in chemical enhanced oil recovery
area is spelled out clearly with the recommendation at the end. The chapter focuses
on work carried out by the researchers on chemical and rarely on thermal, gas
injection, and biological EOR methods using NPs and their impact on the viscosity,
interfacial tension (IFT), and wettability the major influencing factors for EOR. The
authors intend to make the reader understand the pore-scale mechanism behind the
enhanced oil recovery.
Chapter “Versatile 1-D Nanostructures for Green Energy Conversion and
Storage Devices” reveals the updated literature survey on green synthesis of 1-D
nanostructures applied in photovoltaic solar cells (PSC) and energy storage systems
(ESS). Increasing population and living standards demands high energy provisions;
but considering pollution issues and depleting fossil fuel reservoirs, the fulfillment
of the energy demands through eco-friendly/green renewable energy technologies
have become an urgent need. Among all renewable energy systems, photovoltaic
solar cells (PSC) with energy storage systems (ESS) such as batteries or supercapacitors have attracted great attention as the next generation of energy suppliers.
Chapter “Nanoporous Polymeric Membranes for Hydrogen Separation” summarizes detail of H 2 gas separation based on the different membranes and
approaches to prepare hydrogen-selective membranes. Among all renewable energy
sources, hydrogen has been found more attractive energy carrier due to high efficiency and cost-effective, sustainable energy source. For practical use of H 2 as an
energy source, it should be separated from a mixture of gases by using
hydrogen-selective membranes.
Chapter “Functionalized Nano-porous Silicon Surfaces for Energy Storage
Application” highlights the importance of electrochemically prepared porous silicon where the physical properties, e.g., pore diameter, porosity, and pore length that
can be controlled by etching parameter and the functionalized nanostructured surfaces of porous silicon, might be the key material to develop high energy storage
electrodes. Storing power from several intermittent sources has been a great interest
of scientific community and grows as the renewable energy industry begins to
generate a larger fraction of overall energy consumption.
Chapter “Optimization of MAPbI 3 Film Using Response Surface Methodology
for Enhancement in Photovoltaic Performance” details the optimization of process
parameters for the deposition of methylamine lead iodide (CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 or
MAPbI 3 ) film using parametric study and response surface methodology (RSM).
The independent parameters to be optimized are PbI 2 :CH 3 NH 3 I ratio (1:2–1:4), spin
viii
Preface