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Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications

  • 1st Edition - March 28, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Pei Sean Goh
  • Language: English

Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications provides the fundamental physico-chemical characterizations of recently explored carbon-ba… Read more

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Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications provides the fundamental physico-chemical characterizations of recently explored carbon-based polymer nanocomposites, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives, nanodiamond, fullerenes and other nano-sized carbon allotropes. The book also covers the applications of carbon-based polymer nanocomposite in the environmental and energy fields. Topics range from the various approaches that have been explored and developed for the fabrication of carbon-based polymer nanocomposite, to their applications in tackling environmental and energy related issues.

Key features

  • Provides a clear picture of the current state-of-the-art and future trends in carbon-based polymer nanomaterials
  • Explains the interactions between nanofiller-polymer matrices and mechanisms related to applications in environmental pollution and energy shortage
  • Includes computational and experimental studies of the physical and chemical properties of carbon-based polymer nanocomposites
  • Features chapters written by world leading experts

Readership

Postgraduate students and researchers in academia and industry working in chemical engineering and materials science

Table of contents

Part 1: Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposites

1. Surface modification of carbon-based nanomaterials for polymer nanocomposite

2. Conventional and advanced techniques for the fabrication of carbon-based polymer nanocomposite

3. Characterizations of carbon-based polymer nanocomposite

4. Physical and chemical properties of carbon-based polymer nanocomposite-Computational studies

5. Physical and chemical properties of carbon-based polymer nanocomposite-Experimental studies

Part 2: Environmental applications of Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite

6. Carbon-based polymer nanocomposite as adsorbent for heavy metal removal

7. Carbon-based polymer nanocomposite as antimicrobial agent

8. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite membrane for acidic gas removal

9. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite membrane for oily wastewater treatment

10. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite membrane for inorganics, fertilizers and nutrients containing wastewater treatment

11. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite membrane for desalination

12. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for dyes and pigments removal

13. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for photodegradation of organic hazardous materials

14. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for sensing

15. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite as electrodes for microbial fuel cell

Part 3: Energy applications of Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposites

16. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite membrane for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

17. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite as electrolytes

18. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for solar cell

19. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for photovoltaic devices

20. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite as energy saving devices

21. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for supercapacitors

22. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for lithium ion batteries

23. Carbon-based Polymer Nanocomposite for gas storage

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 28, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Ahmad Fauzi Ismail

Professor Ahmad Fauzi bin Ismail is the Founding Director of the Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), UTM. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, under the Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship. Prof. Fauzi is the recipient of more than 200 prestigious national and international awards. Among his most notable accolades are the Mustafa Prize Award / (OIC/Muslim Nobel Prize) 2023 (the first Malaysian to receive the Award), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Engineering Sciences 2019, Merdeka Award 2014, Malaysian Toray Science & Technology Foundation Award 2013, and three consecutive Malaysia’s Rising Star Awards (2016–2018), Malaysian Young Scientist Award, 2001. He also received the ASEAN Young Scientist and Technologist Award 2000 and the Elsevier Groundbreaking Research Award, 2025.

Affiliations and expertise
Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

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Pei Sean Goh

Dr. Pei Sean Goh serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UTM. She is also a Research Fellow of Advanced Membrane Research Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), UTM and the Head of Nanostructured Materials Research Group in UTM. Her research interests focus on the development of nanostructured materials and their polymer-based composites for membrane-based separation processes including CO2 gas removal, desalination and wastewater treatment. She has authored or co-authored more than 300 Scopus/ISI-indexed research papers. She is also an Associate member of Academy of Sciences Malaysia, member of Global Young Academy, recipient of L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Malaysia 2020 and Outstanding Young Chemist Award 2025 of Malaysian Institute of Chemistry
Affiliations and expertise
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Skudai, Malaysia

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