Energy, Society and the Environment

Mardiana Idayu Ahmad completed her PhD in Engineering Science (Sustainable Energy Technologies) at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK, in 2011. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research chiefly focuses on sustainable energy technologies, environmental management, and bridging these two fields. Ali Salehabadi received his PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2014, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is a chemist with a background in polymer chemistry and solid-state energy materials (nanomaterials, MOFs, polymers), and his research mainly focuses on their application in energy storage systems.Norli Ismail is currently a Professor and Head of the Department at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Holding a PhD in Environmental Technology from the same university, her research interests include biogas production, water, wastewater, and solid waste treatment technologies and management.Norhashimah Morad completed her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri - Columbia, USA, in 1985. She joined the School of Industrial Technology at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia, as a tutor in 1988 and pursued her PhD in Control Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK, under a Commonwealth Scholarship. She is currently a Professor in the Environmental Technology Division, USM, Malaysia. Her research interests include life cycle assessment (LCA), intelligent systems in manufacturing, optimization using genetic algorithms, phytoremediation, and new methods and materials in biological and chemical wastewater treatment.Morteza Enhessari received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, in 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Naragh Branch of Islamic Azad University. His main research interests are in the synthesis and characterization of Perovskite nanopowders.

• Chapter 1. Overview of Energy and Society towards Sustainable Development.- Chapter 2. Energy and its Impact on Environment.- Chapter 3. Alternative Energy Towards a Sustainable Future.- Chapter 4. Energy Storage Systems.- Chapter 5. Hydrogen and Hydrogen Energy.- Chapter 6. Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Materials.- Chapter 7. Essential Parameters for Identification of Hydrogen Storage Materials.- Chapter 8. Boosting hydrogen storage performances