Energy Science

Advances in Energy Materials
Materials Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Editors: Lishin T., PhD
Maciej Jaroszewski, PhD
Sabu Thomas, PhD

Advances in Energy Materials

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming May 2025
Hardback Price: $220 US | £174 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781779520302
Pages: Est. 304pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Notes: 4 color and 47 b/w illustrations

This new book, Advances in Energy Materials: Materials Fabrication, Properties, and Applications, covers a wide range of topics related to energy materials and applications, delving into theoretical foundations, modeling, and simulations of energy materials. It discusses the art of synthesizing and characterizing these materials and the multitude of applications that energy materials offer in our rapidly evolving world.

The topics include perovskite solar cells, solar-thermal storage materials, metal organic frameworks for energy storage, and more. Each chapter provides a detailed analysis of the topic, highlighting the latest advancements in the field and their potential impact on the energy landscape. Together, these chapters offer important new research on energy materials and their significance in the pursuit of sustainable development.

This volume will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, developers, and practitioners who are working towards creating a more sustainable and eco-friendly energy landscape.

This book is a selection of papers presented at the International Conference of Education and Science (ICES) 2021, which brought together researchers, developers, and practitioners from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in the field of energy applications.

CONTENTS:
Preface

Introduction

1. Recent Advancements and Future Insights in Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review

Rituparna Roy, Sowmik Maji, and Subhasis Roy

2. Two-Dimensional Materials for Solar-Thermal Storage and Solar Power Conversion
Amit Kumar Mishra and Sunil Kumar

3. Metal Organic Frameworks for Energy Storage Applications
S. K. Suja and K. Berlin Asha

4. Surface Functionalized Nanofillers-Based Fluoropolymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Divya Thomas, Deepu Thomas, Emmanuel Tom, and Ha Thanh Tung

5. Application of High Energy Materials for Propellants, Explosives, and Pyrotechnics
Trinath Biswal

6. Machine Learning-Based Green and Energy-Efficient Architecture for Next-Generation Cellular Networks
Deepa Naik and Tanmay De

7. Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Solar Thermal Collector Using Two Scheffler Dish Concentrators
Subhra Das and Bibek Bandopadhyay

8. Energy and Medical Applications of Gold Nanoshells: A Review
A. S. Dutta

9. Design and Modeling of an Invelox Wind Turbine: A Nonconventional Energy Source
Hiranmoy Samanta, Joydip Paul, Tanujit Mete, and Kamal Golui

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Lishin T., PhD
Research Scholar, School of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Sacred Hearts, Italy

Lishin T., PhD, is a research scholar at the School of Mathematics and Physics, Catholic University of Sacred Hearts, Italy. He completed his post-graduation in Physics at Pondicherry University, India. His area of research is on “Time-resolved optical microscopy techniques to characterize 2D transition metal dichalcogenides.” Previously he worked as a project student in the School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. His area of research was developing Pb-free perovskite materials for solar cells and biopolymer inclusion. His research interest include instrumentation, machine learning, simulation, advanced characterization techniques, energy detection, and spectrum analysis. He qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2019) in Physics and CSIR-UGC NET for lectureship 2019 in Physics in India.

Maciej Jaroszewski, PhD
Assistant Professor and Head, High Voltage Laboratory, Wroclaw University of Technology in Wroclaw, Poland

Maciej Jaroszewski, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Head of the High Voltage Laboratory at the Wroclaw University of Technology in Wroclaw, Poland. He received his MS and PhD degrees in high voltage engineering from the same university in 1993 and 1999 respectively. Dr. Jaroszewski was a contractor/prime contractor of several grants and a head of a grant project on “Degradation processes and diagnosis methods for high voltage ZnO arresters for distribution systems” and is currently a contractor of a key project co-financed by the foundations of the European Regional Development Foundation within the framework of the Operational Programme Innovative Economy. His research interests include high-voltage techniques, HV equipment diagnostics, HV test techniques, degradation of ZnO varistors, and dielectric spectroscopy. He received the Bronze Medal for Long-Term Service and the award of the Rector of the Technical University of Wroclaw.

Sabu Thomas, PhD
Chairman, Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park), Kerala, India

Sabu Thomas, PhD, is currently the Chairman of Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park), Kerala, India. He is also the former Vice Chancellor at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala; Director of the School of Energy Materials; Director of the School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Director of the International and Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; former Director of the School of Chemical Sciences; founder of the School of Polymer Science and Technology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India; retired full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaims for his work in nanoscience, polymer science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanomedicine and green nanotechnology. Professor Thomas has received a number of national and international awards that include: fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London FRSC; Distinguished Professorship from Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; MRSI Medal; Nano Tech Medal; CRSI Medal; Distinguished Faculty Award; Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Scientific Excellence 2016; Mahatma Gandhi University Award for Outstanding Contribution, Nov. 2016; Lifetime Achievement Award of the Malaysian Polymer Group; Indian Nano Biologists Award 2017; and Sukumar Maithy Award for the Best Polymer Researcher in the country. Due to his outstanding contributions to the field of nanoscience and polymer science and engineering, Prof. Thomas has been conferred Honoris Causa (DSc) Doctorate by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, and University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Professor Thomas has published over 1200 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters and has co-edited 127 books published by Royal Society, Wiley, Woodhead, Elsevier, CRC Press, Springer, Nova, etc. He is the inventor of 15 patents. The h index of Prof. Thomas is 139, his work having been cited than 92,949 times. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 350 plenary/inaugural and Invited lectures in national/international meetings in over 30 countries.




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