Advanced Electrochemical Materials and Devices for Clean Energy and Environment presents recent advancements, revolutionary breakthroughs, and unraveled challenges in the development of electrochemical materials and devices for energy and environmental applications. The book discusses the latest trends in synthesis, processing, fabrication, characterization, and properties of materials. In addition, it highlights novel sustainable materials such as natural polysaccharides, biochar, plant-waste, animal-waste, other waste materials as promising substitutes for use in next-generation electrochemical devices.
The book also demonstrates crossroads research where the electrochemical removal of pollutants can be coupled with the electrical energy production, such as in biological fuel cells; desalination batteries/supercapacitors; and other integrated devices. This is a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, scientists, and professionals from a variety of sectors, including electrochemists, chemical engineers, environmental scientists, materials scientists, and energy researchers across academia and industry.
The book also demonstrates crossroads research where the electrochemical removal of pollutants can be coupled with the electrical energy production, such as in biological fuel cells; desalination batteries/supercapacitors; and other integrated devices. This is a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, scientists, and professionals from a variety of sectors, including electrochemists, chemical engineers, environmental scientists, materials scientists, and energy researchers across academia and industry.
Table of Contents
PART 1: BASICS AND FUNDAMENTALS1. Introduction to electrochemistry and its scope in energy and environment A greener approach
2. Road to Sustainable electrochemical materials for clean energy and environment
PART 2: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
3. Emerging electrodes for electrochemical energy devices
4. New electrolytes formulation for electrochemical energy devices
5. Futuristic Metal-ion Supercapacitors/batteries (Zn, Na, K, Al, Mg, Ca) beyond Li-ion configurations
6. Revolutionary Hybrid Supercap-batteries- High energy and high-power energy devices
7. Trending Wearable/Flexible electrochemical devices
8. Current progress in Electrocatalysts for energy and environment
9. Breakthroughs in Electrochemical treatment of environment pollutants
10. Critical advances in Electrochemical Sensors for environmental monitoring
PART 3: CROSS-ROAD RESEARCH AND FUTURE SCOPE
11. Innovations in Fuel cells/Biofuel cells From Wastewater to energy
12. Integrated electrochemical devices-Desalination Supercapacitors/batteries and others
13. Overview on Safety assessment and Life-cycle analysis of electrochemical devices
14. Highlights on Industrial case studies, patented research and commercialised electrochemical