Bioinspired Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications
Eds. Alagarsamy Pandikumar and Perumal Rameshkumar
Materials Research Foundations Vol. 121
Publication Date 2022, 246 Pages
Print ISBN 978-1-64490-182-3 (release date April 2022)
ePDF ISBN 978-1-64490-183-0
DOI: 10.21741/9781644901830
The book presents recent advances in the synthesis of bioinspired nanomaterials and their applications in areas such as photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis, supercapacitors and solar cells. Specific topics include photocatalytic disinfection, degradation of toxic chemicals, energy conversion and energy storage.
Keywords
Bionanomaterials, Nanomaterial Synthesis, Green Synthesis, Metal Nanoparticles, Metal Oxide Nanostructures, Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis, Photoelectrocatalysis, Energy-Related Electrocatalysis, Supercapacitors, Disinfection, Toxic Chemicals, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Table of Contents
Recent Advancement in Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and their Catalytic Applications
P. Arunkumar, S. Saran, G. Manjari and K. Mohanty
Bio-Inspired Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Disinfection
Muthuraj Arunpandian, Tammineni Venkata Surendra, Norazriena Yusoff, Saravana Vadivu Arunachalam
Bioinspired Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Toxic Chemicals
Vellaichamy Balakumar, Ramalingam Manivannan and Keiko Sasaki
Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials for Energy-Related Electrocatalysis
M. Rajkumar, C. Pandiyarajan and P. Rameshkumar
Bioinspired Nanomaterials for Supercapacitor Applications
Adhigan Murali, R. Suresh Babu, M. Sakar, Sahariya Priya, R. Vinodh5, K. P. Bhuvana, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, M. Abdul Kader
Bio-Mediated Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
G. Murugadoss, T.S. Shyju, P. Kuppusami
Bioinspired Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Photoelectrochemical Applications
M.L. Aruna Kumari
About the Editors
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 134 in peer-reviewed journals including 10 review articles and also have more than 3300 citations with the h−index of 39. On other side, he served as Guest Editor for a special issue in Materials Focus journal and edited 12 books for reputed publishers.
Dr. Perumal Rameshkumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India. He obtained his M.Sc. (chemistry) (2009) from Madurai Kamaraj University. He joined as Junior Research Fellow (2010) at the same University and subsequently promoted as Senior Research Fellow (2012). His doctoral thesis focused on ‘polymer encapsulated metal nanoparticles for sensor and energy conversion applications’. He worked as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2014) at University of Malaya, Malaysia in the field of ‘graphene-inorganic nanocomposite materials for electrochemical sensor and energy conversion’. His current research interests include synthesis of functionalized nanomaterials, electrochemical sensors, energy-related electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. His research findings were documented in 34 peer reviewed journals including 01 review article. For his credit, he edited 02 books under Elsevier publications.
