Ceramic Catalysts

Manju Kurian is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, India. Her research interests encompass oxide nanomaterials, carbon dots, nanocatalysis, and environmental engineering. Smitha Thankachan is now working as an Assistant Professor of Physics at Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, India after completing her postgraduation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India and Master of Philosophy from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, India. She completed her Doctoral degree on ‘Characterization of rare earth doped magnesium ferrite nano particles and its catalytic activity’ from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. Her research interests include nanomagnetic materials, photocatalysis and multiferroics. Dr. Swapna S. Nair is currently chairing the Department of Physics Central University of Kerala. After receiving Ph.D. from CUSAT, India, (2007) she worked in different European Labs as Post-Doctoral Investigator. She had worked as an Assistant Professor in International School of Photonics, CUSAT, India and has more than twenty years of research experience in fabrication of functional nanomaterials/structures for optical, electronic (storage/memory/PV) and biosensing/imaging applications. She has published/edited 2 books, 4 book chapters, 58 peer reviewed research articles and has a patent to her credit. Her major research areas are engineering novel nanomaterials for RAMs, Spintronics, energy harvesters, and sensing/imaging applications.

1. Introduction: Ceramics classification and applications 2. Catalytic applications of perovskites 3. Synthesis and catalytic applications of metal boride ceramics 4. Electrochemically exfoliated ß-Co(OH)2 for energy conversion reactions 5. Porous ceramics for catalytic applications 6. Ceramics as catalysts for wastewater treatment 7. Photocatalytic applications of ceramics 8. Advances in the use of ceramic catalysts in fine chemical synthesis 9. Combustion catalysts 10. Ceramics as catalyst supports