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Inorganic Nanosheets and Nanosheet-Based Materials

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This chapter briefly reviews the use of inorganic nanosheets for a conversion of photoenergy into other forms of energies such as chemical, electrical, mechanical, and photoenergy. Some representative works have achieved efficient photoenergy conversion as well as the effective utilization of unique advantages of two-dimensional nanosheets such as highly crystalline two-dimensional surfaces, high aspect ratios, and the separation of the front and back sides by atomically thin surfaces. Since the modern world is highly reliant on energies in various forms, novel and more efficient energy conversion systems using inorganic nanosheets are desired toward future sustainable society.

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  1. Division of Material Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan

    Yohei Ishida

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate Course of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Ohsawa 1-1, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan

    Shinsuke Takagi

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  1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Teruyuki Nakato

  2. Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

    Jun Kawamata

  3. Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan

    Shinsuke Takagi

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Ishida, Y., Takagi, S. (2017). Photoenergy Conversion. In: Nakato, T., Kawamata, J., Takagi, S. (eds) Inorganic Nanosheets and Nanosheet-Based Materials. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56496-6_14

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