Nanostructured Ceramic Oxides for Supercapacitor Applications

Dr. Avinash Balakrishnan joined as faculty at Nanosolar Division in 2010, following a post doctorate at Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble-INP) France. He received his PhD and MS in materials engineering from Paichai University, South Korea. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, where he completed his bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering. He is actively leading five government-funded projects related to high-energy density supercapacitors. He is currently the associate editor to Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He has coauthored more than 70 research publications, and has filed eight Indian Patents in the area of energy storage. Dr. K. R. V. Subramanian is currently working as associate professor with Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Kochi, India. He obtained his PhD from Cambridge University, England, in 2006. His previous alma mater for his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering include the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He also worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA. He continued his postdoctoral research at IISc, Bangalore. Dr. Subramanian has 62 journal publications and 29 conference presentations to his credit. He is also a reviewer for many prestigious journals. He researches actively in the areas of high performance supercapacitors, Li batteries, photovoltaics, nanofabrication, nanomaterials for cancer therapy, nanodevices.

"... provides excellent background and characterization methods for supercapacitors and explores different nano-structured ceramic oxides used in supercapacitor devices. With the outstanding illustrations, diagrams, and tables used to support an understanding of the theory and mathematics presented, the reader will thoroughly grasp the subject matter and learn about new cutting-edge material developments and current research activities in the growing area of supercapacitor technology."––John J. Shea, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, July/August — Vol. 31, No. 4"The subject matter is of significant importance at present, and will be very timely… Storage materials are one of the hottest research topics at present and many active research groups are working on this across the world. This will be an excellent addition."––Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay, Washington State University, Pullman, USA"The subject is a very topical one given the need for efficient energy technologies. Its main strength will be in the breadth of the target audience, from students to industrial practitioners. It is good to see an emphasis on testing procedures, as these can often be more problematic than the actual device design."—Adrian Lowe, Australian National University

• Capacitor to Supercapacitor: an Introduction. Electrochemical Cell and Thermodynamics. Supercapacitors: Fundamental Aspects. Measurement Techniques for Performance Evaluation of Supercapacitor Materials and Systems. Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Supercapacitor Applications. Future Scope and Directions of Nanotechnology in Creating Next-Generation Supercapacitors.