Handbook of Emerging Materials for Sustainable Energy

Naveen V. Kulkarni, PhD, born in 1984, in India, is currently working as an assistant professor (Sr. Gr) in the Department of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India. He obtained his PhD from Karnatak University Dharwad, India and has several years of postdoctoral experience (Technion - Israel, University of Texas at Arlington – United States and University of Rochester - United States). His areas of expertise are, coordination chemistry, organometallic synthesis, catalysis, energy and environment. He has published 32 research articles in the reputed journals and has one book chapter to his credit. He also has served as a managing guest editor for collections with Materials Today Proceedings and Frontiers in Chemistry. Boris I. Kharissov, PhD, DrHab (born in 1964, in Russia, has lived in Mexico from 1994, and naturalized in Mexico in 2003) is currently a Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL). He took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, working in the contaminated zone in 1987. Degrees: M.Sc. in 1986, in radiochemistry and a PhD in inorganic chemistry in 1993, from the Moscow State University, Russia; Dr. Hab. in physical chemistry in 2006 from Rostov State University, Russia. Specialties: Materials chemistry, coordination and inorganic chemistry, phthalocyanines, ultrasound, nanotechnology, chemical treatment of petroleum, environmental remediation. Memberships: Mexican Academy of Science, National Researchers System (SNI, Level III). He is the co-author of 13 books, 186 articles, 13 book chapters, and holds eight patents. Co-editor: Three invited special issues of international journals. He is the member of the Editorial board of six journals. His biography was published in: “Who is Who in the World”, “Outstanding People of the Twentieth Century”, and so on.

Part 1: Advanced materials in battery technology

Recent advances of nanomaterials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries: opportunities and challenges
Functional materials for solid-state battery applications


Part 2: Emerging materials in electrochemistry

Supercapacitors: basics and progress
Electrochemical capacitors: basic concepts and emerging nanomaterials for electrodes
Nanoporous silicon materials for solar energy by electrochemical approach
Mixed transition metal oxides for electrochemical energy storage
Bi- and trimetallic MOFs and their MOF-derived nanocarbons in electrocatalytic water splitting processes


Part 3: Novel materials for solar energy

Photovoltaic devices: dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells
Photovoltaics: background and novel carbon-based materials for third-generation solar cells
Photochromic molecules and materials: design and development
Designing heterostructures for production of solar fuels
Evacuated solar energy collector


Part 4: Emerging materials in photocatalysis

Nanostructured semiconductors for hydrogen production through photocatalyatic water splitting
Doped mixed phase transition metal oxides for photocatalysis
Graphitic carbon nitride as a metal free photocatalyst for solar water splitting
Lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks as a promising visible light photocatalyst for hydrogen production


Part 5: Advanced materials for biofules and biohydrogen

Biofuels
Trends in valorization of biomass to biofuels: biobutanol
Bioethanol as an alternative energy resource for a sustainability: an approach
Biodiesel production from various nonedible plant seeds via transesterification process as an alternate feedstock
Microalgae as a source of sustainable energy resource for biofuels: a review
Mesoporous polymers for the catalytic conversion of biomass platform molecules to value-added chemicals
Sustainable biohydrogen production: technoeconomic analysis
Catalytic hydrogen generation from biomass and its derivatives


Part 6: Materials for carbon capture

Carbon dioxide sequestration, conversion and utilization
Carbon capture using NaCl (halite)
Carbon capture using halite, seawater, and saline water


Part 7: Modern materials for energy and environmental applications

Recent developments in techniques and technologies for analytical, spectroscopic, structural, and morphological characterization of modern materials of advanced applications
Recent trends and future potential of sustainable energy efficient materials for commercial buildings
Materials for energy-efficient systems and environmental remediation
Chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals—optoelectronic applications
Elemental semiconductor nanocrystals
Metal oxide nanocrystals— applications
Special modifying inorganic physical vapor deposition coatings and surface systems for sustainable energy products
Growth of 2D boron materials
Surface modification of metal-organic frameworks and their applications for the gas adsorption