Surface and Interfacial Defects in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Production and Storage

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-527-35464-1
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

Comprehensive reference on surface and interfacial defects reviewing energy production and storage as well as numerous applications

Surface and Interfacial Defects in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Production and Storage covers novel aspects involving important electrocatalytic reactions based on defects and interface engineering on nanomaterials, providing a comprehensive exposition on various energy aspects. More than a collection of current advances, this work articulates a scientific vision in which atomic-level control of matter is no longer optional but essential to achieving significant improvements in efficiency, durability, and sustainability. By integrating emerging knowledge across disciplines, this volume sets the stage for a new paradigm in materials science, where structural imperfections become a tool, and the interface becomes a platform for innovation.

After providing the fundamentals of electrocatalysis and classical electrocatalysis, this book introduces defect and interface engineering theory as a new method to achieve high performance. It discusses the analysis on energy production and storage based on recent findings and perspectives and reviews prospects for future development.

Surface and Interfacial Defects in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Production and Storage explores sample topics including: - Types, formation, and impact of surface defects and interfacial defects
- Advanced characterization techniques, computational modeling, and defect healing and control strategies
- Heterojunction hybrid catalysts for hydrogen production
- Various applications including fuel production, fuel cells, electrolyzers, oxygen reduction, and Li-ion, Na-ion, K-ion, Li-air, and Zinc-air batteries
- Performance enhancement in metal oxide-based electrochemical supercapacitors

Integrating knowledge across related fields in a cohesive manner, Surface and Interfacial Defects in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Production and Storage offers a comprehensive understanding of the subject for materials scientists and chemists across various disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arjona, Noé

Arjona, Noe

Álvarez Contreras, Lorena

Alvarez Conteras, Lorena

Guerra Balcázar, Minerva

Guerra Balcazar, Minerva

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Elektrochemie, Magnetochemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieumwandlung, Energiespeicherung
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Fundamentals
 
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Nanomaterials in Energy Systems
Chapter 2: Basics of Surface Defects: Types, Formation, and Impact
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Interfacial Defects in Materials Science: Types, Formation, and Classification
Chapter 4: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Formation of Surface and Interfacial Defects
Chapter 5: Defects as Catalytic Sites in Energy Chemistry
Chapter 6: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Defect and Interface Engineering
Chapter 7: Computational Modeling of Defects in Nanomaterials
Chapter 8: Defect Healing and Control Strategies in Energy Systems
Chapter 9: Future frontiers in defect science for advanced energy Technologies
 
Part 2. Defects and Interface Engineering in Energy Conversion
 
Chapter 10: Defects and Interface Engineering of MXenes: Heterojunction Hybrid Catalysts for Hydrogen Production
Chapter 11: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Chapter 12: Defect and Interface Engineering in Fuel Production
Chapter 13: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrochemical Valorization of Biomass to Value-added Chemicals
Chapter 14: Defect and Interface Engineering in Fuel Cells
Chapter 15: Defect and Interface Engineering in electrolyzers
Chapter 16: Defect and Interface Engineering for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
 
Part 3. Defects and Interface Engineering in Energy Storage
 
Chapter 17: Defect and Interface Engineering in Li-ion batteries
Chapter 18: Defects and interface engineering in Na-ion batteries
Chapter 19: Defect and Interface Engineering in K-ion batteries
Chapter 20: Defect and Interface Engineering in Li-air batteries
Chapter 21: Defect and Interface Engineering in Zinc-air batteries
Chapter 22: Addressing Surface and Interfacial Defects in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Chapter 23: Engineering Defects in Advanced Battery Systems
Chapter 24: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrochemical pseudocapacitors based on carbon
Chapter 25: Metal oxide Based Electrochemical supercapacitors: Performance Enhancement by Defects and Interface Engineering
Chapter 26: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrochemical Pseudocapacitors Based on Pseudocapacitive Materials

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Noé Arjona is a principal investigator in the Research Center for Science and Technological development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ, México). His research lines are consequently focused on electrochemical areas like energy conversion, energy storage, electrochemical valorization of wastes, and electrochemical sensors. Dr. Arjona is the recipient of the international award for Young Scientist in Electrochemistry provided by the Ibero-American Society of Electrochemistry (2020). He is member of different societies including the Electrochemical Society, the Materials Research Society, and the Mexican Society of Hydrogen.
 
Lorena Alvarez Contreras is a full-time professor affiliated to the Center for Research in Advanced Materials S.C. (Cimav, México). She has research lines focusing on nanomaterials, catalysis, battery materials, fuel cells, activated carbon, and energy generation and storage. She was recognized as the Best Researcher at Cimav from 2011 to 2014, she received the Maria Esther Orozco award in 2012 and the State Award for Science, Technology, and Innovation in 2021 in the Natural and Exact Sciences category.
 
Minerva Guerra Balcázar is a full-time professor in the Autonomous University of Queretaro (UAQ, México). Her research focuses on the development of nanostructured materials with applications in energy conversion and storage devices, and biosensors.