Oxide Free Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Jayaraman Theerthagiri, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Myong Yong Choi, Madhavan Jagannathan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 9 3 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 2 2 4 - 7
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Request a sales quoteOxide Free Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications covers in depth topics on non-oxide nanomaterials involving transition metal nitrides, carbides, selenides, phosphides, oxynitrides based electrodes, & other non-oxide groups. The current application of nanostructured nonoxides involves their major usage in energy storage and conversion devices variety of applications such as supercapacitor, batteries, dye-sensitized solar cells and hydrogen production applications. The current application of energy storage devices involves their usage of nanostructured non-oxide materials with improved energy and power densities. In this book readers will discover the major advancements in this field during the past decades. The various techniques used to prepare environmentally friendly nanostructured non-oxide materials, their structural and morphological characterization, their improved mechanical and material properties, and finally, current applications and future impacts of these materials are discussed.
While planning and fabricating non-oxide materials, the readers must be concern over that they ought to be abundant, cost-efficient and environment-friendly for clean innovation and conceivably be of use in an expansive choice of utilization. The book gives detailed literature on the development of nanostructured non-oxides, their use as energy related devices and their present trend in the industry and market.
This book also emphasis on the latest advancement about application of these noble non-oxide based materials for photocatalytic water-splitting. Recent progress on various kinds of both photocatalytic and electrocatalytic nanomaterials is reviewed, and essential aspects which govern catalytic behaviours and the corresponding stability are discussed.
The book will give an updated literature on the synthesis, potential applications and future of nanostructured non-oxides in energy related applications. This book is highly useful to researchers working in the field with diversified backgrounds are expected to making the chapter truly interdisciplinary in nature. The contents in the book will emphasize the recent advances in interdisciplinary research on processing, morphology, structure and properties of nanostructured non-materials and their applications in energy applications such as supercapacitors, batteries, solar cells, electrochemical water splitting and other energy applications. Thus, nanotechnology researchers, scientists and experts need to have update of the growing trends and applications in the field of science and technology. Further, the postgraduate students, scientists, researchers and technologists are need to buy this book.
- Offers a comprehensive coverage of the nanostructured non-oxide materials and their potential energy applications
- Examines the properties of nanostructured non-oxide materials that make them so adaptable
- Explores the mechanisms by which nanoparticles interact with each other, showing how these can be used for industrial applications
- Shows the how nanostructured non-oxide materials are used in a wide range of industry sectors, containing energy production and storage
Universities and colleges to teach in the field energy related applications. In industries to prepare novel formulations based on non-oxide nanomaterials. For upcoming researchers to understand the new-kinds of non-oxide materials for energy applications. For scientific community to find out the best existing non-oxide nanomaterials for energy applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Nanostructured nonoxide nanomaterials an introduction
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Transition-metal phosphides
- 3: Transition-metal carbides
- 4: Transition-metal nitrides
- 5: Transition-metal borides
- 6: Transition-metal sulfides
- 7: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2: Novel synthesis methods of nanostructured oxide-free materials for energy storage and conversion applications
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Fundamentals, basic components and performance evaluation of energy storage and conversion devices
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Batteries
- 3: Supercapacitors
- 4: Solar energy and solar cells
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4: Oxides free materials for symmetric capacitors
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: TMO-based SCs-PCs
- 3: TMOs merits and drawbacks
- 4: Metal-based chalcogenides on electrochemical SCs
- 5: Sulfide based SCs
- 6: Graphene, CNT, and carbon-based materials for SCs
- 7: Summary and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Oxides free materials for asymmetric capacitor
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Transition metal chalcogenides for asymmetric supercapacitors
- 3: Transition metal nitrides for electrochemical SCs
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Oxides free materials for flexible and paper-based supercapacitors
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Supercapacitor designs
- 3: Electrode materials for flexible supercapacitors
- 4: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 7: Metal oxides-free anodes for lithium-ion batteries
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Components and operating mechanism of LIBs
- 3: Anode materials for LIB
- 4: Summary, outlook, and future scopes
- References
- Chapter 8: Oxides free materials as anodes for sodium-ion batteries
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Carbon nanostructure based anode materials for SIBs
- 3: Carbon nanotube (CNTs)
- 4: Carbon materials with transition metal chalcogenides for SIBs anode
- 5: Carbon based transition metal selenide composites
- 6: Carbon based transition metal telluride composites
- 7: Transition metal phosphides and their carbon composites
- 8: Summary
- References
- Chapter 9: Oxides free materials as anodes for zinc-bromine batteries
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Principle and structure of Zn-Br2 RFBs
- 3: Electrodes in ZBBs
- 4: Future prospects for ZnBr2 RFBs
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10: Metal nitrides and carbides as advanced counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Advancement of metal nitrides and carbides as a counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells
- 3: Summary
- References
- Chapter 11: Metal chalcogenide-based counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sulfide based counter electrodes
- 3: Selenides and tellurides based counter electrodes
- 4: Composite based counter electrodes
- 5: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 12: Oxide free materials for perovskite solar cells
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Oxide free-electron transport materials
- 3: Oxide free hole transporting materials (HTMs)
- 4: HTM free carbon-based PSCs
- 5: Oxide free TCO for PSCs
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13: Multijunction solar cells based on III–V and II–VI semiconductors
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Multijunction solar cells
- 3: Multijunction solar cells based on III–V semiconductors
- 4: Multijunction solar cells based on II–VI semiconductors
- 5: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 14: Recent advances in nanostructured nonoxide materials—Borides, borates, chalcogenides, phosphides, phosphates, nitrides, carbides, alloys, and metal-organic frameworks
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Existing technology
- 3: Methodology or research design to overcome the drawbacks of existing protocols
- 4: Findings or results with implications for managers and decision-makers
- 5: Discussion, limitations, future research, and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 15: Oxides free nanomaterials for (photo)electrochemical water splitting
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: General introduction
- 2: Metal nitrides
- 3: Metal phosphides
- 4: Metal sulfides
- 5: Summary and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 16: Oxides free materials for photocatalytic water splitting
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental aspects of photocatalytic water splitting
- 3: Experimental needs for photocatalytic water splitting
- 4: Oxide-free materials for photocatalytic water splitting
- 5: Conclusion and future aspects
- References
- Chapter 17: Oxide-free materials for thermoelectric and piezoelectric applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Oxide-free materials for thermoelectric applications
- 3: Oxide-free materials for piezoelectric applications
- 4: Conclusions
- Referencess
- Chapter 18: Future prospects of oxide-free materials for energy-related applications
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Transition metal-based oxide-free materials for hydrogen evolution reaction
- 3: Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 492
- No. of pages (eBook): 492
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128239360
- eBook ISBN: 9780128242247
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Prabhakarn Arunachalam
Dr. Prabhakarn Arunachalam has expertise in electrocatalysis/nanotechnology and is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Electrochemical Science Research Chair, Chemistry Department, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He received his MSc degree in Chemistry from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, in 2009 and his DSc degree under the guidance of Professor Nagai Keiji at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2013. He has presented his work at the Electrochemical Society of Japan, the Materials Research Society of Japan, and many other conferences. His research mainly focuses on the synthesis and characterization of mesoporous nanomaterials for visible light photocatalysis and photoelectrochemical studies of materials. He is a member of various editorial boards of the journals of the International reputation. He has co-authored more than 90 scientific papers in international journals and has received more than 2550 citations.
Affiliations and expertise
Dr. Prabhakarn Arunachalam
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry Department, Science College,
King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455,
Riyadh-11451, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaJT
Jayaraman Theerthagiri
Dr. Theerthagiri Jayaraman is a Brain Pool Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea, since August 2019. He worked as a Scientist-C/Assistant Professor in the Centre of Excellence for Energy Research, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, from May-2017 to July-2019. He received his B.Sc Degree in Chemistry from Sacred Heart College in 2009 and M.Sc Degree in Chemistry from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College in 2011. He completed his Ph.D. Degree in the Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University in March 2017. His current research focuses on developing electrocatalysts for energy applications, Pt-free counter electrode materials for dye-sensitized solar cells, polymer electrolytes, and catalysis for energy and environmental remediations. He has published more than 120 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and 9 book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow, Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of KoreaAA
Abdullah Al-Mayouf
Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf is professor of physical chemistry at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia and the director of the Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair (ESRC). His research interests focus on porous and nanomaterials, electrochemical methods, electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis and surface modification. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief for Journal of Saudi Chemical Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Vice Dean for academic affairs, Deanship of Graduate Studies
Head of Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair
Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Saudi Chemical Society
Chemistry Dept., Science College,MY
Myong Yong Choi
Prof. Myong Yong Choi is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Director of the Core Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea. He served as a Visiting Professor, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2013-2014. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Idaho and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, USA. His current research interests are in photocatalysis, photochemistry, nanomaterials using pulsed lasers, gas-phase laser spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals. Professional involvement of Prof. Choi is as Editorial Board in Photochem, Bioengineered and Journal of Spectroscopy, Associate Editor in the Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, IET Nanobiotechnology, Science of Advanced Materials, and Guest Editor in Chemosphere, Environmental Pollution, and Environmental Research, Elsevier Publisher in 2020-2021. He has received several awards such as The Gaechuck Award for Excellence in teaching from Gyeongsang National University in 2016, Young Physical Chemist Award from Korean Chemical society in 2015, and Top 50 Environmental Technology Award from the Ministry of Environment, South Korea in 2014.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of KoreaMJ
Madhavan Jagannathan
Dr. Madhavan Jagannathan is as Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University, vellore, India. He obtained his PhD in the Department of Energy, University of Madras in 2007 and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia (2008–2010). His research work is mainly focused on photocatalysis, the dye-sensitized solar cells, hydrogen evolution reaction, bio/chemical sensors, catalysis, polymer electrolytes and nanomaterials for energy and environmental remediation. He has published more than 130 refereed papers in high impact international journals, 5 book chapters and 1 patent.
Affiliations and expertise
Dr. Madhavan Jagannathan
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
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