Materials for Sustainable Energy Storage at the Nanoscale

Fabian I. Ezema is a professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He earned a PhD in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His research focused on several areas of Materials Science, from synthesis and characterizations of particles and thin-film materials through chemical routes with emphasis on energy applications. For the last 15 years, he has been working on energy conversion and storage (cathodes, anodes, supercapacitors, solar cells, among others), including novel methods of synthesis, characterization and evaluation of the electrochemical and optical properties. He has published about 180 papers in various international journals and given over 50 talks at various conferences. His h-index is 21 with over 1500 citations and he has served as reviewer for several high impact journals and as an editorial board member. Dr. M.Anusuya, M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed.,Ph.D. is specialized in Material science, Thin Film Technology, Nano Science, and Crystallography. She is working as a Registrar of Indra Ganesan Group of Institutions, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India. Earlier to this, she served as a Vice-Principal at Trichy Engineering College, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India.. Being an administrator and teacher, with more than 25 years’ experience, for her perpetual excellence in academics she has been recognized with many awards. She has received over 45 awards in Academic and Social Activity. She has published more than 30 research papers in National and International journals, 7 chapters in edited books, 5 patents, presented 50 papers in the conferences and organized more than 200 webinars, both national and internationally. Dr Assumpta C. Nwanya is a Lecturer and a FLAIR (Future Leaders - African Independent Research) Scholar at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She obtained her PhD in 2017 (University of Nigeria, Nsukka) with specialisation in the synthesis of nanostructured materials for applications in photovoltaics and electrochemical energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors) as well as for sensing. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow under the UNESCO-University of South Africa (UNISA) Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2018-2020). She is a research Affiliate with the SensorLab, University of the Western Cape Sensor Laboratories, Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Nwanya is a very active researcher and has published more than 85 scientific articles in high impact journals and has a Google Scholar’s H-index of 24 and 1475 citations.

• Chapter 1 Prediction and Optimization of Inter-Pulse Tungsten Inert Gas (IP-TIG) Arc Welding Process Parameters to Attain Minimum Fusion Zone Area in Ti–6Al–4V Alloy Sheets Used in Energy Storage Devices.Chapter 2 Structural and Morphological analysis of Drying Kinetics of Photovoltaic Thermal (PV – T) Hybrid Solar Dryer for drying of Sweet Potato Slices Chapter 3 Armchair Carbon Nanotube Magnetoflexo Thermoelastic Mass Sensor with Non-Linear Vibration on an Elastic SubstrateChapter 4 Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Utilities in Bioenergy Conversion and Energy StorageChapter 5 Manufacturing of Buckypaper Composites for energy storage applications - A reviewChapter 6 Synthesis of Graphene/Copper oxide nano composites for super capacitor applicationsChapter 7 Nano Carbon Materials Based Solar cellsChapter 8 Bio-derived Nanomaterials for Energy StorageChapter 9 A Conceptual Approach to analyze the behavior of nano materials for hydrogen storageChapter 10 Investigation of Nano Materials – An Energy Storage and Conversion Devices Chapter 11 Nano materials for SupercapacitorsChapter 12 Aspects of Nanotechnology applied in the energy sector: A ReviewChaper 13 Synthesis of Graphene-based Nanomaterials from Biomass for Energy StorageChapter 14 Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing System for Leakage Detection in Underground Energy Storage Pipelines Using Machine Learning TechniquesChapter 15 Influence of Nano materials on the Ionic Conductivity and Thermal Properties of Polymer Electrolytes for Li+ ion Battery ApplicationChapter 16 Prospective Materials for Potential Applications in Energy Storage DevicesChapter 17 Food waste mixed with carbon nanotechnology for energy storageChapter 18 A Facile Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Nanoparticles in Aspect of Energy Storage ApplicationsChapter 19 A Critical Review on Role of Nanoparticles in Bioenergy ProductionChapter 20 Copper oxide nanoparticles for Energy Storage ApplicationsChapter 21 Enhanced thermal energy effectiveness in storage, conversion, and heat transfer utilizing Graphene-Based DevicesChapter 22 Nanomaterials in Energy Storage - Groundbreaking DevelopmentsChapter 23 Prospects of Graphene and Mxene in Flexbile Electronics and Energy Storage Systems – A ReviewChapter 24 Pan Based Composite Gel Electrolyte For Lithium Ion BatteriesChapter 25 High Gain Modified LUO Converter for Nano Capacitor ChargingChapter 26 Nanotechnology in Solar EnergyChapter 27 Nano-composites for Energy StorageChapter 28 Development of Environmental Benign Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental ApplicationsChapter 29 ZnS nanoparticles for High Performance SupercapacitorsChapter 30 Cost Effective Mediated Fabrication of ZnO Nanomaterials and its Multifaceted Perpsective Towards Energy Storage and Environmental ApplicationsChapter 31 Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy Storage Devices in Medical applications Chapter 32 Nano technology in Batteries for Hybrid Renewable Energy Storage SystemsChapter 33 Biocompatible Nano-Electromechanical System based Cantilever - An OverviewChapter 34 Eco-friendly for Sustainable Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Storage Chapter 35 Nanomaterials in Solar Energy ApplicationsChapter 36 Carbon Nanomaterials for Energy StorageChapter 37 Green Energy Storage Devices Using NanocelluloseChapter 38 Synthesis of Graphene Nanomaterials for Energy Storage ApplicationsChapter 39 Electrical Energy Storage Analysis of Li4Ti2O6 Nanomaterials by Sol-gel method