Nanobatteries and Nanogenerators

Huaihe Song is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China. He has 28 years of experience in the field of carbon materials research. His research area is in the preparation of advanced carbon materials and their applications, including pitch-based carbon materials (mesophase pitch and mesocarbon microbeads), carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon-encapsulated metal nanomaterials, and onion-like carbons), carbon-based materials for energy storage (lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors), and mesoporous carbons (ordered mesoporous carbons and carbon aerogels). Rajendran Venkatachalam is Professor at the Dr. N. G. P Arts and Science College, Centre for Nano Science and Technology, Coimbatore, India. His research focuses on nanostructured materials for battery applications. Hao Bin Wu is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. His research focuses in the area of energy storage materials. Phuong Nguyen-Tri is a full professor and director of the graduate program in energies and material science at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Québec, Canada. He is the founder of the Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment (Nguyen-Tri Lab) at UQTR and holds the UQTR Research Chair of Advanced Materials for Health and Security at Work. His main research interests are nanomaterials, hybrid nanoparticles, innovative coatings, polymer crystallization, polymer aging, and polymer blends and composites.Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.

• PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES1. Nanobattery and Nanogenerator: An introduction2. Methods for design and fabrication of nanobattery3. Methods for characterization and evaluation of nanobattery4. Nanoscale interface techniques for standardized integration of nanobattery5. Mathematical modeling for charging and discharging processes of nanobattery6. Methods for design and fabrication of nanogenerator7. Methods for characterization and evaluation of nanogenerator8. Nanoscale interface techniques for standardized integration of nanogeneratorPART 2: NANOMATERIALS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY9. Nanostructured anodes in rechargeable batteries 10. Nanostructured cathodes in rechargeable batteries11.Nanomaterials for electrolyte materials in rechargeable batteries12. Nanostructured membranes for battery separators (polymer electrolyte nano-membranes)13. Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for high-performance rechargeable battery PART 3: NANOMATERIALS FOR PRIMARY BATTERY14. Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for high-performance primary battery 15. Regulatory, toxicological and environmentally issues of nanobattery16. Nanobattery waste managementPART 4: APPICATION OF NANOBATTERY17. Nanodiagnostics using nanobatteries18. Medical nano-tools19. Nano-robots20. Smart textiles 21. Nanosensors for smart cities22. High performance electric vehiclesPART 5: APPICATIONS OF NANOGENERATOR23. Corrosion protection of metals at the nanoscale (cathodic protection) 24. Self-powered nanosensors using nanogenerators25. Nanogenerators in wearable sensors26. Smart textiles (Wearable Devices)27. Implanted devices (to regulate the heart rate …)28. Organ-on-a-chip (heart-on-chip)PART 6: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES29. 3D-printed nanobatteries30. Wearable nanobatteries and nanogenarators31. Implanted nanogenerators32. Smart nanosized battery33. Nanopore battery array