{"id":1448,"date":"2022-01-03T00:32:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T23:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/?post_type=unit&#038;p=1448"},"modified":"2022-01-03T00:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T23:32:23","slug":"save-knowledge-7","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/unit\/save-knowledge-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Save knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This has been a brief examination of the many ways in which nanotechnology can be used in energy. We have learned that nanotechnology can be applied across the whole value energy chain, from the harnessing of energy, through energy storage and onto energy efficiency. The move away from fossil fuels is necessary to help reduce the impact of climate change and as these are finite sources of energy. Moving towards renewable energy means that as a society we will need new technologies to help us exploit these energy sources more efficiently. Wind and solar power, for example, are not constant sources of energy and are weather dependant. We will need to find new ways of storing energy for us to use, both in our houses, but also for our transportation as well.<\/p>\n<p>There are many different nanomaterials that can be used in energy. We have learned about three of them graphene, carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles. Nanomaterials can be harnessed for their functional properties, such as strength, electrical conductivity or for being lightweight. Looking at transport, we have learned that again nanotechnologies can be used in different ways. They can be used to help store energy in cars using batteries. They can also be used to make cars lighter so that they use less energy. Lastly, they can also be used to make cars more efficient through reducing the effect of friction on moving parts in car engines<\/p>\n<p>Not all the uses of nanotechnology have been covered and not all the examples given here are currently freely available in the market. There is still much to learn about how we can harness nanotechnology in the energy sector. Nanotechnology is unlikely to be the only way in which technology can be used to combat climate change and help in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. But the scope of nanotechnology is very broad, and it has a role to play across the whole of the energy value chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vibebp_attr":"","_vibebp_dimensions":"","_vibebp_responsive_height":"","_vibebp_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"module-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1448","unit","type-unit","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/unit"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1482,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/1448\/revisions\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"module-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module-tag?post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}