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This reference text covers the latest issues in the area of nanostructured materials for energy and environmental applications. It focuses on functional aspects, including the basic principles and mechanisms behind the selection of the materials. The applications covered include catalysts, sensors, magnetic refrigeration, and functional electrode materials for energy harvesting (including solar cells, fuel cells and supercapacitors). The text addresses the past, present, and future status of the research through the simplification of the vast literature. Each chapter demonstrates how the nanostructured materials, and their device applications are linked, providing a vital bridge between the research and realisation of the technology. The book compiles results and diagrams in a clear format for researchers, postgraduate students, and industry practitioners, including non-specialists, and provides an overview of the latest current topics in the field.
Key Features:
- Covers the latest issues in the area of nanostructured materials for energy and environmental applications
- Includes catalysts, sensors, magnetic refrigeration, and functional electrode materials for energy harvesting (solar cells, fuel cells and supercapacitors)
- Covers functional aspects of nanostructured materials and their engineering applications, with a particular focus on the basic principles and mechanisms behind the selection of the materials
- Demonstrates how nanostructured materials and their device applications are linked, providing a vital bridge between the research and realisation of the technology
- Acts as a guide for students, researchers and industry practitioners who are searching for suitable nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications
The authors Dr. A. Arulraj and Dr. R. V. Mangalaraja gratefully acknowledge FONDECYT Post-doctoral Project No. 3200076, University of Concepcion, Chile, Santiago, for the financial assistance. Mr. N. Thachnatharen thanks his supervisor Dr. N. Sridewi for constant support and encouragement in the research activity. Mr. Rajkumar C acknowledges University Grant Commission (UGC), India for the fellowship.
The author acknowledges the financial support by CONICYT through FONDECYT project Nos. 3190515.
The authors acknowledge the financial support by CONICYT through FONDECYT project No. 319581.
The authors Dr. Moorthi Lokanathan and Dr. R. V. Mangalaraja acknowledge FONDECYT 2020 Project No. 3200113 for financial support.
The author B. Gnana Sundara Raj gratefully acknowledges the FONDECYT Postdoctoral Project No.: 3190090, Government of Chile, Santiago for the financial support for the grant.
The author Periyasamy Gnanaprakasam would like to acknowledge ANID- FONDECYT POSTDOCTORADO (Project No 3180176) Government of Chile, for providing financial support.
The authors greatly acknowledge FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship Process Number (2018) 19096-1, FAPESP Award number: 2017/10581-1 and National Council for Scientific and 29 Technological Development – CNPq, Government of Brazil, and FONDECYT Postdoctoral Research Project No.: 3160170, Government of Chile for financial assistance.
Preface
Acknowledgement
Editor biographies
List of contributors
1 Introduction to engineering nanostructured materials for energy and environmental applications
Part I Energy
2 Engineering 2D chalcogenides for energy and environmental remediation
3 Two-dimensional nanolayers for wearable supercapacitors
4 Micro-mesoporous carbon-based nanostructured materials for flexible supercapacitors
5 Platinum based alloy nanostructure electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
6 Ultrathin, flexible hybrid transition metal oxide nanostructures for renewable energy storage devices
7 Graphene based nanocomposites for energy conversion: the oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution reactions
8 Materials science of advanced carbon nanomaterials for photovoltaic and photothermal devices
Part II Environmental Remediation
9 Metal doped iron (III) oxide nanomaterials for wastewater treatment
10 Nanoferrites for green magnetic refrigeration
11 Degradation of antibiotic pollutants and green hydrogen production from wastewater through a photocatalytic reaction
12 Fluorescent nanoclusters used as a probe for sensing of toxic chemicals and biomolecules