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Nanomaterials for Green Energy

  • 1st Edition - April 18, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Bharat A. Bhanvase, Vijay B. Pawade, Shirish H. Sonawane, Muthupandian Ashokkumar
  • Language: English

Nanomaterials for Green Energy focuses on the synthesis, characterization and application of novel nanomaterials in the fields of green science and technology. This book contains… Read more

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Description

Nanomaterials for Green Energy focuses on the synthesis, characterization and application of novel nanomaterials in the fields of green science and technology. This book contains fundamental information about the properties of novel nanomaterials and their application in green energy. In particular, synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials, their application in solar and fuel cells and batteries, and nanomaterials for a low-toxicity environment are discussed. It will provide an important reference resource for researchers in materials science and renewable energy who wish to learn more about how nanomaterials are used to create cheaper, more efficient green energy products.

Key features

  • Provides fundamental information about the properties and application of new low-cost nanomaterials for green energy
  • Shows how novel nanomaterials are used to create more efficient solar cells
  • Offers solutions to common problems related to the use of materials in the development of energy- related technologies

Readership

Materials scientists, engineers, and those working in the green energy sector wanting to learn more about how novel nanomaterials can help to create cheaper, more efficient green energy products

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Advanced Nanomaterials

2. Synthesis of Multifunctional Inorganic Materials: From Micrometer to Nanometer Dimensions

3. Characterization Tools and Techniques for Nanomaterials

4. Energy Harvesting Using Droplet

5. Advanced Nanomaterials for Water Splitting and Hydrogen Generation

6. Novel Nanomaterials as Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells

7. Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Fuel Cell Applications

8. Novel Nanomaterials for Solar Cell Devices

9. Recent Progress on Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite-Sensitized Solar Cells

10. Empowering the Future With Organic Solar Cell Devices

11. Graphene-Based Materials for Clean Energy Applications

12. Nanomaterials and Its Application for Clean Environment

13. White Light-Emitting Novel Nanophosphors for LED Applications

14. Scale-Up Technologies for Advanced Nanomaterials for Green Energy: Feasibilities and Challenges

15. Advanced Nanomaterials for Green Energy: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 18, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

BB

Bharat A. Bhanvase

Dr. Bharat A. Bhanvase is currently working as Professor and Head in Chemical Engineering Department at the Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. His research interests focus on Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Cavitation based processes for production, Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites, Process Intensification, Microfluidics, and Nanofluids. He obtained Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Pune. He has written 29 book chapters in internationally renowned books, 3-edited book. Further, he is a recipient of the Young Scientists (Award) start- up research grant from Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi (India) in the year 2015. Also he was the recipient of Best Scientist Award from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University in 2017.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering Department, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

VP

Vijay B. Pawade

Vijay B. Pawade is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University, Nagpur, India. His research focuses on rare earth-doped oxide materials and their applications in LEDs, solar cell devices, and photocatalytic processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Laximarayan Institute of Technology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

SS

Shirish H. Sonawane

Professor Shirish Sonawane currently workings as Professor at NIT Warangal India and Dean Research and Consultancy. He has published more than 200 SCI journal and 36 book chapters and 2 books. He has filed 19 patents out of them 6 patents have been granted. Presently 2 PDF, 7 PhD and 2 M. Tech students are working and 17 Ph.Ds. are awarded. Sonoprocess engineering, cavitation based Nanotechnology, Waste water treatment, process development for nanoparticle synthesis, polymer nanocomposite etc. are some of the interest fields. He received funding from MeitY, Govt. of India (2021) and DST WTI project, Govt. of India (2021), earlier he got international projects such as Indo-Tunisia Bilateral Project sponsored by DST, Govt. of India (2017), Indo-Russia DST-RFBR (2018), IMPRINT SERB project (2020), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI project, Govt. of India (2017), Department of Information and Technology, Government of India (2014). He had also dealt with 19 consultancy projects and 25 Research and development projects sponsored by various international and Indian government agencies and few of the projects are transferred in technology form to respective organization or industry. Dr. Shirish Sonawane has effectively combined synthesis and characterization of novel nano materials for successful application in state of the art processes such as paints, coatings, nano fluids, wastewater treatment, nanofiltration, fuel cells, and membranes. He is recipient of BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST, (2008-2009); Heritage Fellowship from Erasmus Mundus Program (European commission) in 2013; DST Young Scientists award (2007); Institution of Engineers India award (2016); Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences award (2016); (2017), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI award (2017), V.N.M.M award from IIT-Roorkee (2017), Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences award (2017), Institution of Engineers India (2017), Alexander Von Humboldt Connect Program Germany (2020), NASI member (2020), NAWA (2020), IIChE Award for the Year 2020: Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award (2020). He is the editorial board member of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Nanoscience, Advances in Nanoparticles; Journal of Foods and Raw materials; Biotechnology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Chief Editor of Scientific Journal of Bulletin of the SUS University Series -Food and Biotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana State, India

MA

Muthupandian Ashokkumar

Muthupandian Ashokkumar is Professor of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on the ultrasonic synthesis of functional nano- and biomaterials that can be used in energy production, environmental remediation and diagnostic and therapeutic medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia

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