Nanostructured Materials for Energy Related Applications (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 24)

This book describes the role and fundamental aspects of the diverse ranges of nanostructured materials for energy applications in a comprehensive manner. Advanced nanomaterial is an important and interdisciplinary field which includes science and technology. This work thus gives the reader an in depth analysis focussed on particular nanomaterials and systems applicable for technologies such as clean fuel, hydrogen generation, absorption and storage, supercapacitors, battery applications and more. Furthermore, it not only aims to exploit certain nanomaterials for technology transfer, but also exploits a wide knowledge on avenues such as biomass-derived nanomaterials, carbon dioxide conversions into renewable fuel chemicals using nanomaterials. These are the areas with lacunae that demand more research and application. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Recent Trends in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy (D Durgalakshmi, Rajendran Saravanan, Mu. Naushad)....Pages 1-20 Recent In Situ/Operando Characterization of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (Yan Yang, Yimin Zhu, Kumar Raju, Sheng Dai, Charl J. Jafta)....Pages 21-40 Recent Advances in Flexible Supercapacitors (Swati Jadhav, Vikash Chaturvedi, Manjusha V. Shelke)....Pages 41-72 Noble-Metal-Free Nanoelectrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (Natarajan Thiyagarajan, Nithila A. Joseph, Manavalan Gopinathan)....Pages 73-120 Energy-Saving Synthesis of Mg2SiO4:RE3+ Nanophosphors for Solid-State Lighting Applications (Ramachandra Naik, Ramyakrishna Pothu, Prashantha S. C, Nagabhushana H, Aditya Saran, Harisekhar Mitta et al.)....Pages 121-143 Studies of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Capabilities of Hydrogen Adsorption (Edgar Mosquera, Mauricio Morel, Donovan E. Diaz-Droguett, Nicolás Carvajal, Rocío Tamayo, Martin Roble et al.)....Pages 145-162 Emerging Vertical Nanostructures for High-Performance Supercapacitor Applications (Subrata Ghosh, Tom Mathews, S. R. Polaki, Sang Mun Jeong)....Pages 163-187 Hydrogen Production Through Solar-Driven Water Splitting: Cu(I) Oxide-Based Semiconductor Nanoparticles as the Next-Generation Photocatalysts (Sanjib Shyamal, Ashis Kumar Satpati, Arjun Maity, Chinmoy Bhattacharya)....Pages 189-222 Application of Nanoparticles in Clean Fuels (Kumaran Kannaiyan, Reza Sadr, Vignesh Kumaravel)....Pages 223-242 Biomass-Derived Nanomaterials (Sebastian Raja, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Francys K. V. Moreira)....Pages 243-270 Recent Progress of Carbon Dioxide Conversion into Renewable Fuels and Chemicals Using Nanomaterials (Harisekhar Mitta, Putrakumar Balla, Nagaraju Nekkala, Krishna Murthy Bhaskara, Rajender Boddula, Vijyakumar Kannekanti et al.)....Pages 271-293 Back Matter ....Pages 295-297