\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary of cutting-edge research, latest advances, and future directions in low carbon and renewable energy systems\u003c/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenewable Energy Technologies for Low-Carbon Development\u003c/i\u003e provides a comprehensive overview of recent and cutting-edge research progress in a variety of current renewable energy and low carbon development research areas, focusing on sustainable energy from various perspectives such as thermoelectric power generation, organic solar cells, Na-ion, solar thermochemical energy storage, and nano-friction power generation. The book discusses the methodologies and research development of each renewable energy route based on its unique characteristics. \u003cp\u003eFollowing a brief overview of renewable energy, this book also reviews low-carbon research in traditional fossil energy and promotes the development of renewable energy with the sustainable recovery and utilization of carbon. Because of the uniqueness of CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e in low-carbon development, CO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e storage and application are discussed separately. \u003cp\u003eWritten by three highly qualified authors, \u003ci\u003eRenewable Energy Technologies for Low-Carbon Development\u003c/i\u003e explores sample topics including: \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThermoelectric power generators and their applications, application of nanomaterials in organic solar cells, and advances in low-temperature Na-ion battery energy storage\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThermochemical energy storage for renewable solar energy utilization, and recent progress and new challenges in triboelectric nanogenerators\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManufacturing, recovery, and reuse of wind turbine blades in wind power generation and electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in fuel cells\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCarbon fiber in renewable energy development, sustainable carbon nanofluids of petroleum extraction, and carbon dioxide capture and chemical conversion into fuels\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenewable Energy Technologies for Low-Carbon Development\u003c/i\u003e is an essential reference on the subject for materials scientists, power engineers, electrochemists, electronics engineers, and all professionals working at energy supplying companies and in the broader chemical industry.