Part 1. Energy and the environment : the global landscape. A primer on climate change / Melinda Marquis, Pieter Tans -- Global energy landscape and energy security / V. S. Arunachalam, Anshu Bharadwaj -- Sustainability and energy conversions / Franklin M. Orr, Jr., Sally M. Benson -- Energy cost of materials : materials for thin-film photovoltaics as an example / Ajay K. Gupta, Charles A. S. Hall -- Economics of materials / Lester B. Lave, Frank R. Field III -- Global energy flows / Richard Sassoon -- Global materials flows / Fridolin Krausmann -- Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration / Sally M. Benson -- Part 2. Non-renewable energy sources. Petroleum and natural gas / Russell R. Chianelli, Xiomara C. Kretschmer, Stephen A. Holditch -- Advancing coal conversion technologies : materials challenges / Bryan D. Morreale, Cynthia A. Powell, David R. Luebke -- Oil shale and tar sands / James W. Bunger -- Unconventional energy sources : gas hydrates / Carolyn A. Koh, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu K. Sum -- Nuclear energy : current and future schemes / Christopher R. Stanek, Robin W. Grimes, Cetin Unal -- Nuclear nonproliferation / Siegfried S. Hecker, Matthias Englert, Michael C. Miller -- Nuclear waste management and disposal / Rodney C. Ewing, William J. Weber -- Material requirements for controlled nuclear fusion / Nathaniel J. Fisch, J. Luc Peterson, Adam Cohen -- Part 3. Renewable energy sources. Solar energy overview / Miguel A. Contreras, Satyen Deb -- Direct solar energy conversion with photovoltaic devices / David S. Ginley, Reuben Collins, David Cahen -- Future concepts for photovoltaic energy conversion / Jean-Franc̦ois Guillemoles -- Concentrating and multijunction photovoltaics / Daniel J. Friedman -- Concentrating solar thermal power / Abraham Kribus -- Solar thermoelectrics : direct solar thermal energy conversion / Terry M. Tritt, Xinfeng Tang, Qingjie Zhang ...[et al.] -- Off-grid solar in the developing world / Tiffany Tong, Wali Akande, Winston O. Soboyejo -- Principles of photosynthesis / Johannes Messinger, Dmitriy Shevela -- Biofuels and biomaterials from microbes / Trent R. Northen -- Biofuels from cellulosic biomass via aqueous processing / Jian Shi, Qing Qing, Taiying Zhang ...[et al.] -- Artificial photosynthesis for solar energy conversion / Boris Rybtchinski, Michael R. Wasielewski -- Engineering natural photosynthesis / Huub J. M. de Groot -- Geothermal and ocean energy / Jiabin Han, J. William Carey, Bruce A. Robinson -- Wind energy / Michael Robinson, Neil Kelley, Patrick Moriarity -- Part 4. Transportation. Transportation : motor vehicles / Jerry Gibbs, Ahmad A. Pesaran, Philip S. Sklad -- Transportation : aviation / Robin G. Bennett, Linda A. Caldwell Stancin, William L. Carberry ...[et al.] -- Transportation: shipping / David S. Ginley -- Transportation : fully autonomous vehicles / Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, Mark W. Verbrugge -- Part 5. Energy efficiency. Lighting / Dandan Zhu, Colin J. Humphreys -- Energy efficient buildings / Ron Judkoff -- Insulation science / Leon R. Glicksman, Ellann Cohen -- Industrial energy efficiency : a case study -- Green processing : catalysis / Ronny Neumann -- Material availability and recycling / Randolph Kirchain, Elsa Alonso -- Life-cycle assessment / Corrie E. Clark -- Part 6. Energy storage, high penetration renewables, and grid stabilization. Toward the smart grid : the US as a case study / S. Massoud Amin, Anthony M. Giacomoni -- Consequences of high penetration renewables / Paul Denholm -- Electrochemical energy storage : batteries and capacitors / M. Stanley Whittingham -- Mechanical energy storage : pumped hydro, CAES, flywheels / Troy McBride, Benjamin Bollinger, Dax Kepshire -- Fuel cells / Shyam Kocha, Bryan Pivovar, Thomas Gennett -- Solar fuels / Christian Jooss, Helmut Tributsch -- Solar thermal routes to fuel / Michael Epstein -- Photoelectrochemistry and hybrid solar conversion / Stuart Licht.