Metal and Metal Oxides for Energy and Electronics (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 55)

Energy is a key world issue in the context of climate change and increasing population, 'calling for alternative fuels, better energy storage, and energy-saving devices. This books reviews the principles and applications of metals and metal oxides for energy, with focus on batteries, electrodes, nanomaterials, electronics, supercapacitors, biofuels and sensors. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Metal Oxides for Rechargeable Batteries Energy Applications (Balaji Sambandam, Samuel Paul David, Tamilselvan Sakthivel, Anandhi Sivaramalingam, Ananthakumar Soosaimanickam, Jaekook Kim)....Pages 1-58 Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) and Its Nanocomposites as High-Performance Electrode Material for Supercapacitors (Akhila Das, Asha Paul, Nikhil Medhavi, Neethu T. M. Balakrishnan, M. A. Krishnan, Jou-Hyeon Ahn et al.)....Pages 59-90 Manganese Dioxide (MnO2): A High-Performance Energy Material for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications (Ryan D. Corpuz, Lyn Marie De Juan-Corpuz, Soorathep Kheawhom)....Pages 91-119 Conductive Oxides Role in Flexible Electronic Device Applications (Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan, Arun Thirumurugan, Muniyandi Muneeswaran, Sitharthan R, Karthikeyan Madurakavi, Sivanantha Raja Avaninathan et al.)....Pages 121-148 Indium-Free Alternative Transparent Conducting Electrodes: An Overview and Recent Developments (R. Ramarajan, D. Paul Joseph, K. Thangaraju, M. Kovendhan)....Pages 149-183 Thin Film Metal Oxides for Displays and Other Optoelectronic Applications (Samuel Paul David, Ananthakumar Soosaimanickam, Tamilselvan Sakthivel, Balaji Sambandam, Anandhi Sivaramalingam)....Pages 185-250 Zinc Oxide as a Multifunctional Material: From Biomedical Applications to Energy Conversion and Electrochemical Sensing (Helliomar Pereira Barbosa, Diele Aparecida Gouveia Araújo, Lauro Antonio Pradela-Filho, Regina Massako Takeuchi, Renata Galvão de Lima, Jefferson Luis Ferrari et al.)....Pages 251-305 Metal Oxide- and Sulfide-Based Gas Sensors: Recent Trends and Development (Kingshuk Dutta)....Pages 307-330 Contribution of Metallic Nanomaterials in Algal Biofuel Production (Anjani Devi Chintagunta, Ashutosh Kumar, S. P. Jeevan Kumar, Madan L. Verma)....Pages 331-353 Fabrication of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Thin Film Capacitive Humidity Sensor (Anwar Ulla Khan, Lokesh Kumar, Tarikul Islam, Mohammad Ehtisham Khan)....Pages 355-374 Multiferroic Properties of Rare Earth-Doped BiFeO3 and Their Spintronic Applications (Muniyandi Muneeswaran, Mayakrishnan Gopiraman, Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan, N. V. Giridharan, Ali Akbari-Fakhrabadi)....Pages 375-395 Back Matter ....Pages 397-402