Advanced Hybrid Nanomaterials for Energy Storage (Emerging Materials and Technologies)

Integrating nanotechnology and sustainable energy frontiers, Advanced Hybrid Nanomaterials for Energy Storage explores the groundbreaking field of material design at the nanoscale for next‑generation energy storage solutions. This comprehensive text delves into the synthesis, characterization, and optimization of hybrid nanomaterials developed by combining the advantageous properties of diverse materials. This diverse range of materials includes metal oxides, carbon nanostructures, biopolymers, and functionalized surfaces. These materials have the potential to revolutionize energy storage technologies such as batteries and supercapacitors due to their synergistic properties and innovative applications.

FEATURES

• Explores the latest advances in hybrid nanomaterial design for energy storage applications
• Discusses the benefits of combining different materials at the nanoscale range, exhibiting their combined properties which significantly outperform those of individual components
• Defines the various types of hybrid nanomaterials, including metal oxide/carbon nanocomposites, metal‑doped composites, and biopolymer‑based materials
• Focuses on the real‑world implications of hybrid nanomaterials in battery electrodes, supercapacitor electrodes, and other energy storage devices
• Summarizes the important role of these materials in transitioning to a clean and sustainable energy environment

This book serves as an important resource for both industry professionals and academic researchers and is ideal for scientists and engineers working in advanced materials for energy storage applications.

Won‑Chun Oh is a Full Professor in the Department of Advanced Materials and Engineering at Hanseo University in Korea and at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Anhui University of Science and Technology in China. He is a Guest Professor at various other universities throughout China, Thailand, and Indonesia. He obtained the Research Front Award from the Korean Carbon Society, the Yangsong Award from the Korea Ceramic Society, the Excellent Paper Award from the Korea Journal of Material Research, as well as the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry for his pioneering work. He has also received the Award of Appreciation from ICMMA2011, ICMMA2014, and ICMMA2019. He is an ICMMA Committee Board Member, and from 2007 to the present, he has served as a Conference Chairman and Vice‑Chairman for ICMMA. He has authored or coauthored 806 papers in domestic and international journals, and he currently serves as the Editor‑in‑Chief of the Journal of Multifunctional Materials and Photo Science and the Asian Journal of Materials Chemistry. He is an Advisory Board Member of the Asian Journal of Chemistry and Nanomaterials.

Suresh Sagadevan is an Associate Professor at the Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre at the University of Malaya. He has published more than 450 research papers in ISI top‑tier journals and Scopus and has authored 12 international book series and 60 book chapters. He is an Editor, Guest Editor, and Editorial Board Member of many reputed ISI journals and a member of many professional bodies at the national and international levels. He is a recognized reviewer for many reputed journals, and his work spans various fields, such as nanofabrication, functional materials, graphene, polymeric nanocomposite, glass materials, thin films, bioinspired materials, drug delivery, tissue engineering, cell culture, supercapacitor, optoelectronics, photocatalytic, green chemistry, and biosensor applications.