Handbook of Emerging Materials for Sustainable Energy

Naveen V. Kulkarni, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India. He obtained his PhD from Karnatak University Dharwad, India, and has worked at Technion (Israel), the University of Texas at Arlington (USA), the University of Rochester (USA), and the University of Cambridge (UK). Dr. Kulkarni has 18 years of experience in research relating to coordination chemistry, catalysis, energy materials, and environmental science. He has published over 50 research articles in reputed journals, authored book chapters, edited books and journal special issues, and conference proceedings.Boris I. Kharissov, PhD, is currently a Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Mexico. He received his PhD in inorganic chemistry in 1993 from the Moscow State University, Russia and Dr. Hab. in physical chemistry in 2006 from Rostov State University, Russia. He also took part in the effort to deal with the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, working in the contaminated zone in 1987. His research specialisms include materials chemistry, coordination and inorganic chemistry, phthalocyanines, ultrasound, nanotechnology, chemical treatment of petroleum, and environmental remediation. Prof. Kharissov is the co-author of 16 books, 215 articles, 25 book chapters, and holds 8 patents. He has co-edited 3 invited special issues of international journals and is the member of the Editorial board of 6 journals. According to Elsevier’s data report (2023), he is within the top 2% of most cited scientists in the world.

• Part 1: Advanced materials in battery technologyRecent advances of nanomaterials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries: opportunities and challengesFunctional materials for solid-state battery applications Part 2: Emerging materials in electrochemistrySupercapacitors: basics and progressElectrochemical capacitors: basic concepts and emerging nanomaterials for electrodesNanoporous silicon materials for solar energy by electrochemical approachMixed transition metal oxides for electrochemical energy storageBi- and trimetallic MOFs and their MOF-derived nanocarbons in electrocatalytic water splitting processes Part 3: Novel materials for solar energyPhotovoltaic devices: dye sensitized and perovskite solar cellsPhotovoltaics: background and novel carbon-based materials for third-generation solar cellsPhotochromic molecules and materials: design and developmentDesigning heterostructures for production of solar fuelsEvacuated solar energy collector Part 4: Emerging materials in photocatalysisNanostructured semiconductors for hydrogen production through photocatalyatic water splittingDoped mixed phase transition metal oxides for photocatalysisGraphitic carbon nitride as a metal free photocatalyst for solar water splittingLanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks as a promising visible light photocatalyst for hydrogen production Part 5: Advanced materials for biofules and biohydrogenBiofuelsTrends in valorization of biomass to biofuels: biobutanolBioethanol as an alternative energy resource for a sustainability: an approachBiodiesel production from various nonedible plant seeds via transesterification process as an alternate feedstockMicroalgae as a source of sustainable energy resource for biofuels: a reviewMesoporous polymers for the catalytic conversion of biomass platform molecules to value-added chemicalsSustainable biohydrogen production: technoeconomic analysisCatalytic hydrogen generation from biomass and its derivatives Part 6: Materials for carbon captureCarbon dioxide sequestration, conversion and utilizationCarbon capture using NaCl (halite)Carbon capture using halite, seawater, and saline water Part 7: Modern materials for energy and environmental applicationsRecent developments in techniques and technologies for analytical, spectroscopic, structural, and morphological characterization of modern materials of advanced applicationsRecent trends and future potential of sustainable energy efficient materials for commercial buildingsMaterials for energy-efficient systems and environmental remediationChalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals—optoelectronic applicationsElemental semiconductor nanocrystalsMetal oxide nanocrystals— applicationsSpecial modifying inorganic physical vapor deposition coatings and surface systems for sustainable energy productsGrowth of 2D boron materialsSurface modification of metal-organic frameworks and their applications for the gas adsorption