1st Edition

Nanomaterials-Based Composites for Energy Applications Emerging Technology and Trends

Edited By Keka Talukdar Copyright 2020
    334 Pages 11 Color Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    342 Pages 11 Color Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    334 Pages 11 Color Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    This volume, Nanomaterials-Based Composites for Energy Applications: Emerging Technology and Trends, covers the importance of nanomaterials-based composites for renewable and alternative energy applications. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, it looks at using composites without losing the extraordinary strength of the nanomaterials, preparing new composites with high dielectric permittivity, improving load-carrying capacity, and more. Simulation and experimental work is included, providing a current view of the research that is going on in laboratories all over the world.

    The book will be a rich reference for professors and instructors, professionals, researchers, and engineering students interested in applying the emerging field of nanoscience and nanotechnology to energy applications.

    Part 1: Preparation And Properties Of Nanocomposites For Energy Applications

    1. Preparation and Properties of Nanocomposites for Energy Applications

    Idowu David Ibrahim et al.

    2. Recent Progress in Nanocrystalline Oxide Thin Films

    Pallabi Gogoi, D. Pamu, and L. Robindro Singh

    3. Application of Magnetic Fluid in Energy Sector

    Kinnari Parekha and R. V. Upadhyay

    4. Nanostructured Materials and Composites for Renewable Energy

    Idowu David Ibrahim et al.

    5. Simulation and Modeling of Nanotechnology Aircraft Energy System Using MATLAB

    Indradeep Kumar

    6. Promising Nanomaterials and Their Applications in Energy Technology

    Tathagat Waghmare

    Part 2: Nanocomposites For Sustained Energy

    7. Nano-Bio Hybrid Platform to Meet the Energy Challenge

    Mihir Ghosh

    8. ZnS/ZnO Nanocomposite in Photovoltaics: A Computational Study on Energy Conversion

    Keka Talukdar

    9. Bio-Nanometal-Cluster Composites for Renewable Energy Storage Applications

    R. Govindhan and B. Karthikeyan

    10. AlNi and AuZn Nanohybrids for Capacitors: A Computational Study

    Keka Talukdar

    11. Recycling of Polymer Nanocomposites of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Compressed Natural Gas Reservoirs

    Gilberto João Pavani, Sérgio Adalbeto Pavani, and Carlos Arthur Ferreira

    12. Nanomaterial-Based Energy Storage and Supply System in Aircraft Systems

    Indradeep Kumar

    Biography

    Keka Talukdar, PhD, is an independent researcher. She currently teaches in the Department of Physics at Nadiha High School, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. She previously worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Genomics and Bio-Medical Research, Hooghly, West Bengal, India, and was affiliated with the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, where she earned her PhD in computational nanoscience. Her research interests include modeling and simulation of CNTs and graphene properties, nanobiophysics, and biosensor and ion channel simulation. She is an editor of a book and is also writing a full book as a single author. She has published over 25 journal articles as well as several book chapters with international publishers, including one with John Wiley. She has been a reviewer for several professional journals, including Materials Science and Engineering B, Mechanics of Materials, Nanoscale Research Letters, and several others. She also reviewed several research papers for the DAE Solid State Physics Symposium for consecutive three years.