The world’s increasing demand for energy is mainly being fulfilled by non-renewable fossil fuels. Its long-run usage is unsustainable due to depleting resources and adverse effects on the environment. To resolve these issues, researchers are transitioning toward high-performance renewable and sustainable energy sources and storage systems like electrochemical cells for hydrogen production, supercapacitors, batteries, and so forth. Currently, the main challenges to developing these systems require efficient electrode materials with properties like good electrical conductivity, high surface area, good catalytic activity, and so on. Carbon nanostructures (such as graphene and carbon nanotubes) and inorganic transition metal dichalcogenides (such as MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, etc.) are promising candidates for such energy applications owing to their unique properties and exceptional performance. This book summarizes the synthesis of carbon and TMDs to their applications in energy generation and storage. The aim of this book is to benefit the readers with recent aspects and future perspectives of carbon and TMDs-based nanomaterials dedicated to the field of energy generation and storage technologies. Also, professionals might find it useful in fabricating or characterizing these materials for targeted applications.
Contents:
- An Overview of Carbon and Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanostructures (Bishnu Pada Majee, Ankita Singh, and Ashish Kumar Mishra)
- Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Carbon Nanostructures (Shanu Mishra, Ankita Singh, and Ashish Kumar Mishra)
- Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of TMDs Nanostructures (Ankita Singh and Ashish Kumar Mishra)
- Carbon-Based and TMDs-Based Materials as Catalyst Support for Fuel Cells (Akshaya S Nair, Soju Joseph, and R Imran Jafri)
- Electrochemical Hydrogen Production Using Carbon-Based and TMDs-Based Nanomaterials As Electrocatalysts (Rohit Kumar Gupta, Prince Kumar Maurya, and Ashish Kumar Mishra)
- Carbon-Based and TMDs-Based Nanostructures for Solar-Driven Steam Generation (Higgins M Wilson and Neetu Jha)
- An Overview of the Recent Developments in Graphene-MoS2-Based Supercapacitors (M Manuraj, Visakh V Mohan, and R B Rakhi)
- Carbon-Based and TMDs-Based Air Cathode for Metal–Air Batteries (Prince Kumar Maurya and Ashish Kumar Mishra)
- Carbon-Based and TMDs-Based Nanostructured Anode Materials for Improved Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Battery Performances (Vimal K Tiwari and Rajendra Kumar Singh)
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of material science, energy science and related fields.
Key Features:
- Our book covers the detailed information from material synthesis to energy generation and storage, researched till date
- Some new applications have been introduced in this book
- The readers can be benefited as the synthesis and practical applications of carbon and TMDs based materials in the energy generation and storage field are contained in a single book
- Experts in the particular field have contributed in their book chapter. Most of them are having around two decade of experience
