Nanostructured Materials Engineering and Characterization for Battery Applications

Nanostructured Materials Engineering and Characterization for Battery Applications is designed to help solve fundamental and applied problems in the field of energy storage. Broken up into four separate sections, the book begins with a discussion of the fundamental electrochemical concepts in the field of energy storage. Other sections look at battery materials engineering such as cathodes, electrolytes, separators and anodes and review various battery characterization methods and their applications. The book concludes with a review of the practical considerations and applications of batteries.This will be a valuable reference source for university professors, researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as scientists working primarily in the field of materials science, applied chemistry, applied physics and nanotechnology.

• Presents practical consideration for battery usage such as LCA, recycling and green batteries
• Covers battery characterization techniques including electrochemical methods, microscopy, spectroscopy and X-ray methods
• Explores battery models and computational materials design theories

Amadou Belal Gueye is a Research Scholar at the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics-chemistry and his master’s degree in physical chemistry applied to energy and analysis, from Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal. He works in the field of lithium/sulfur batteries.

Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.

Dr. Nandakumar Kalarikkal is an Associate Professor at the School of Pure and Applied Physics and Joint Director of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. His research activities involve applications of nanostructured materials, laser plasma, and phase transitions. He is the recipient of research fellowships and associateships from prestigious government organizations such as the Department of Science and Technology and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of the Government of India. He has active collaborations with national and international scientific institutions in India, South Africa, Slovenia, Canada, France, Germany, Malaysia, Australia, and the United States. He has more than 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He also co-edited nine books of scientific interest and co-authored many book chapters.

Prof. Modou Fall is the Secretary General of the Senegalese Committee for Chemistry, Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Sciences and technologies Faculty, Cheikh Anta DIOP University of Dakar, Senegal.
His main research interests include the synthesis, characterization and applications of conducting polymers, energy storage and conversion, corrosion studies and electroanalysis of hazardous compounds. He is the co-author of "General Physical Chemistry - Courses and exercises L1”.

Dr. Arul Manuel Stephan is a Senior Principal Scientist of Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR- CECRI), Karaikudi, India. His area of interest focuses on advanced materials for lithium-ion and lithium sulfur batteries. He was associated with Prof. Yuri Saito at Osaka National Research Institute, Osaka, Japan under Japan Science and Technology Agency (JSPS) fellowship. Subsequently he was involved in the development of porous membranes for lithium-ion batteries at the Department of Chemistry, The University of Tulsa. He was the recipient of the most cited article award from European Polymer Journal and Best Paper Award from "Energy Storage Materials" in 2017. He has more than 110 publications.