Innovations in Engineered Porous Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Applications

Dr. Ranjusha Rajagopalan received her PhD in Physics with specialization in battery technology from University of Wollongong, Australia in the year 2017. She is currently working on functionalized nanomaterials for developing high performance battery electrodes at Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. She received her Master and Bachelor Degree in Physics from Calicut University, India.

Making innovative products for energy generation that decreases carbon footprints are the need of the hour. Innovations in Engineered Porous Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Applications describes innovations in porous materials for energy generation and storage applications that can have applications in developed as well as developing countries. It provides a comprehensive account of porous materials for potential new applications, such as catalysts for gas storage and energy efficient transformations, which engineers and scientists working in the areas of solar cells, batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, etc. will find to be of immense interest.

POROUS MATERIALS IN ENERGY STORAGE. Exploration for Porous Architecture in Electrode Materials for Enhancing Energy and Power Storage Capacity for Application in Electro-chemical Energy Storage. Graphene-based Porous Materials for Advanced Energy Storage in Supercapacitors. New Processing Techniques for Porous Graphene Architectures with Potential Applications in Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices. Role of Heteroatoms on the Performance of Porous Carbons as Electrode in Electrochemical Capacitors. Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Electrode Architectures for Next Generation Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices. Three Dimensional Porous Binary Metal Oxide Networks for High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes. Porous Carbon Materials for Fuel Cell Applications. Biomass Carbon: Prospects as Electrode Material in Energy Systems. Mesoporous Silica: The Next Generation Energy Material. POROUS MATERIALS IN ENERGY GENERATION. 3d Block Transition Metal-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting. Wide Band Gap Nano-Semiconductors for Solar Driven Hydrogen Generation. NEW PERSPECTIVES AND TRENDS. Nature and Prospective Applications of Ultra-Smooth Anti-Ice Coatings in Wind Turbines. Towards a Universal Model of High Energy Density Capacitors