Karthik Kannan – författare

The text provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in the electrochemical energy storage and conversion of two-dimensional nanomaterials with composites, including their synthesis and associated challenges. It covers the precise designing and construction of local atomic and electronic structures at the interface of catalysts, interaction mechanism, and regulation of catalyst solid surface interface properties under environmental and external field influences. This book:Highlights the importance of designing and developing efficient electrocatalysts to accelerate the oxygen reduction reaction.Discusses recent breakthroughs in 2D-based oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts for designing 2D-based composite oxygen evolution reaction catalysts.Covers the challenges and opportunities faced by 2D-based nanomaterials in electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion.Provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in the electrochemical energy storage and conversion of two-dimensional nanomaterials with composites, including their synthesis and associated challenges.Explains the aspects of supercapacitors, batteries, electrocatalytic reactions, green hydrogen production, and the conversion of carbon dioxide into solar fuels. It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in chemical engineering, materials science, and chemistry.

Since the discovery of graphene, two-dimensional nanomaterials including Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN), non-layered compounds, black phosphorous, and Xenes with large lateral dimensions, have emerged as promising candidates for heterogenous electrocatalysis owing to their exceptional physical, chemical, and electronic properties. The tremendous opportunities of using 2D nanomaterials in electrochemical CO2 reduction arises from their unique properties and vast number of applications. Covering the fundamentals, properties, and applications, all aspects of 2D nanomaterial composites within carbon dioxide conversion are discussed. The industrial scale-up and new challenges that exist in the field of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide will also be presented. With chapters written by internationally recognized researchers, this state-of-the-art overview will serve the growing interest amongst academic and industrial researchers in understanding 2D nanomaterials composites, their hidden interfaces and nanoscale dispersion of the metal oxide with nanocomposites for specific uses in carbon dioxide conversion to chemicals for fuel applications. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in materials science, energy, and environmental science, as well as those in industry.