Elsevier Nanostructured, Functional, and Flexible Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems

Nanostructured, Functional, and Flexible Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems gathers and reviews developments within the field of nanostructured functional materials towards energy conversion and storage. Contributions from leading research groups involved in interdisciplinary research in the fields of chemistry, physics and materials science and engineering are presented. Chapters dealing with the development of nanostructured materials for energy conversion processes, including oxygen reduction, methanol oxidation, oxygen evolution, hydrogen evolution, formic acid oxidation and solar cells are discussed. The work concludes with a look at the application of nanostructured functional materials in  energy storage system, such as supercapacitors and batteries. With its distinguished international team of expert contributors, this book will be an indispensable tool for anyone involved in the field of energy conversion and storage, including materials engineers, scientists and academics. Review Focuses on both current and future potential developments of functional materials in the field of energy conversion and storage applications From the Back Cover Energy conversion and storage research is driven by a need to attain efficient and sustainable energy production to meet the current and future global energy requirements. Motivated by the recent developments in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, nanostructured functional materials serve as the most suitable candidate for energy production. Nanostructured functional materials consisting of metals, metal oxides, conducting polymers or carbon materials or their composite materials are considered to be promising candidates for the energy-relevant catalytic processes because of their high performance, easy fabrication, long term stability and low manufacturing cost. This work gathers and reviews developments within the field of nanostructured functional materials towards the energy conversion and storage. Contributions from leading research groups involved in interdisciplinary research in the fields of chemistry, physics and materials science and engineering are presented. Chapters dealing with the development of nanostructured materials for energy conversion processes including oxygen reduction, methanol oxidation, oxygen evolution, hydrogen evolution, formic acid oxidation, solar cells are discussed. The work concludes with a look at the application of nanostructured functional materials in the energy storage system such as supercapacitors and batteries. With its distinguished international team of expert contributors, Nanostructured, Functional and Flexible Materials for the Development of Energy Conversion and Storage Systems will be an indispensable tool for anyone involved in the field of energy conversion and storage including materials engineers, scientists and academics. About the Author Dr. Alagarsamy Pandikumar is currently working as Scientist in Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2014) from the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and then successfully completed his post-doctoral fellowship tenure (2014-2016) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia under High Impact Research Grant. His current research involves development of novel materials with graphene, graphitic carbon nitride, in combination to metals, metal oxides, polymers and carbon nanotubes for energy conversion and storage and dye-sensitized solar cells applications. His results outcomes were documented in 119 in peer-reviewed journals including 9 review articles and also have more than 3300 citations with the h-index of 32. On other side, he served as Guest Editor for a special issue in Materials Focus journal and edited 11 books for reputed publishers. Dr. Perumal Rameshkumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Chem