Table Of ContentNanomaterials for
Sustainable Energy and
Environmental Remediation
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Mu. Naushad
Department Of Chemistry, College Of Science, King Saud University,
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R. Saravanan
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Tarapaca, Arica, Chile
Kumar Raju
Energy Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
Pretoria, South Africa
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List of Contributors
S. Balakumar National Centre for Nanosceicne and Nanotechnology, University of
Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
A. Bhardwaj School of Physical Sciences (SPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),
Delhi, India
L.A. Blanco Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Biotechnology, and Materials, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rabah Boukherroub University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ISEN, University of
Valenciennes, Lille, France
Milica Budimir University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ISEN, University of
Valenciennes, Lille, France; Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia;
School of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
D. Durgalakshmi Department of Medical Physics, Anna University, Chennai,
Tamilnadu, India
Duncan Paul Fagg Nanoengineering Research Group, Centre for Mechanical
Technology and Automation (TEMA), Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
G. Feijoo Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering,
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
L. Fernández Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering,
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M. Gamallo Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering,
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
F. Gracia LaboratoryofCatalysisandEnergy,DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,
Biotechnology, and Materials, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
C. Gupta Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Arindam Indra Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU),
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kumaran Kannaiyan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A & M
University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Sekar Karthikeyan Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Kyushu
University, Fukuoka, Japan
Vignesh Kumaravel Department of Environmental Science, School of Science,
Institute of Technology Sligo, Sligo, Ireland
Aruna Kalasapurayil Kunhiraman Sri Krishna College of Engineering and
Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Adam F. Lee School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Zoran Markovic Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
Prashanth W. Menezes Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic
Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
M.T. Moreira Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering,
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Muthuchamy Nallal Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan,
South Gyeongsangnam, Republic of Korea
A. Joseph Nathanael Department of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam
University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
Mu. Naushad Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kang Hyun Park Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan,
South Gyeongsangnam, Republic of Korea
Jayaraj Prithi Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced Research
Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, IITM Research Park, Chennai,
Tamilnadu, India
List of Contributors xiii
D. Pukazhselvan Nanoengineering Research Group, Centre for Mechanical
Technology and Automation (TEMA), Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
N. Rajalakshmi Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced Research
Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, IITM Research Park, Chennai,
Tamilnadu, India
Saravanan Rajendran Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Tarapaca, Arica, Chile
K.S. Sandhya Department of Applied Science, Sree Chitra Thirunal College of
Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Keiko Sasaki Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Kyushu University,
Fukuoka, Japan
Ananthakumar Soosaimanickam Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales
(ICMUV), Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Sabine Szunerits University of Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ISEN, University of
Valenciennes, Lille, France
Raman Vedarajan Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, International Advanced
Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, IITM Research Park,
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Authors Biographies
D. Durgalakshmi completed her PhD in material science at National Centre for
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras in 2015. She has published
morethan30researcharticlesininternationaljournalsandfivebookchapters.Shealso
presented more than 60 papers in national and international conferences and got five
best paperawards. She also gotthe bestPhD thesis awardby Material Research Society
of India during the year 2016. She is presently working as DST-INSPIRE faculty in
Department of Medical Physics. Her area of interest is synthesis of nanostructured
materials for healthcare, energy, and environmental applications.
S.BalakumarcompletedhisPhDinmaterialscienceatAnnaUniversityin1995,andhe
did his postdoctorate at the University of Hong Kong and National University of
Singapore. Later, he worked as senior research engineer for Chartered Semiconductor
Pvt. Ltd at Singapore for 4years and then moved to A-Star Institute of Micro/
Nanoelectronics and worked on various projects including SiGe substrate technology,
nanotransistor process developments, CMP, and wet clean process development for IC
as well as for MEMS device fabrication. In 2008, he returned to India and is working in
National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as associate professor and later
appointed as Director of the center. His present research efforts concentrate on metal
oxide semiconductors; multiferroics; magnetic quantum dots for health, energy, and
environmental applications.
Saravanan Rajendran has received his PhD in physics-material science in 2013 from
theDepartmentofNuclearPhysics,UniversityofMadras,Chennai,India.Afterworking
as an Assistant Professor in Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India,
during the year of 2013e14, he was awarded SERC and CONICYT-FONDECYT post-
doctoral fellowship, University of Chile, Santiago, in the year of 2014e17. He has
worked (2017e18) in the research group of Professor John Irvine, School of Chemistry,
UniversityofStAndrews,UK,asapostdoctoralresearchfellowwithintheframeworkof
EPSRC-GlobalChallengesResearchFund for the removalofblue-green algae and their
toxins. Currently, he is working as a research associate, Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tarapaca´, Arica, Chile, and also
as a postdoctoral research fellow in SERC, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. He is
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xvi Authors Biographies
associate editor for International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
(Springer). His researchinterestsare focused in the areas ofnanostructuredfunctional
materials, photophysics, surface chemistry, and nanocatalysts for renewable energy
and wastewater purification. He has published 50þ international peer-reviewed jour-
nals, eight book chapters, and six books published by renowned international
publishers.
Prof. Mu. Naushad is presently working in the Department of Chemistry, College of
Science,KingSaudUniversity(KSU),Riyadh,KingdomofSaudiArabia.Heobtainedhis
MScandPhDdegreesin analyticalchemistryfrom AligarhMuslim University, Aligarh,
India, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He has a vast research experience in the fields of
analyticalchemistry,materialschemistry,andenvironmentalscience.Heholdsseveral
US patents, over 300 publications in the international Journals of repute, twenty book
chapters and several books published by renowned international publishers. He has
>11000 citations with a Google Scholar H-Index of >61. He is the editor/editorial
member of several reputed journals like Scientific Reports (Nature); Process Safety and
Environmental Protection (Elsevier); Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier),
and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI). He
is also the associate editor for Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) and
Desalination and Water Treatment (Taylor & Francis). He has been awarded the
ScientistoftheYearaward-2015fromNationalEnvironmentalScienceAcademy,Delhi,
India; Almarai Award-2017, Saudi Arabia, and Research Quality Award-2019, KSU,
Saudi Arabia. Prof. Naushad has been included in the list of Highly Cited Researchers-
2019.
Ananthakumar Soosaimanickam received his master’s degree in chemistry from the
UniversityofMadras,LoyolaCollege,Chennai,India,in2006,andhisPhDin2016under
the guidance of Dr. S. Moorthy Babu at Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University,
Chennai,India.Hehasauthoredmorethan20publicationsininternationaljournals.He
iscurrentlyworking asapostdoctoralresearch fellow at Institute ofMaterials (ICMUV),
University ofValencia, Spain. His research interests include synthesis ofsemiconductor
nanoparticles, heteronanostructures by colloidal method, surface treatment of semi-
conductor nanoparticles, etc.
Luz Adriana Blanco obtained her BS degree and MS degree in chemical engineering at
UniversidadNacionaldeColombia,Colombia.SheiscurrentlypursuingherPhDdegree
in chemical engineering and biotechnology under the direction of Prof. Gracia at the
Universidad de Chile. Her doctoral research investigates the use of functionalized gra-
phene oxide materials as support and template for Ni supported catalysts for CO
2
hydrogenation.
Authors Biographies xvii
Francisco Gracia received a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Notre
Dame, USA. He is currently an associate professor at the Chemical Engineering,
BiotechnologyandMaterialsDepartment,UniversidaddeChile,andDeputyDirectorat
theMultifunctionalMaterialsMillenniumNucleus(MultiMat).Hisresearchinterestsare
related to heterogeneous catalysis, nanostructured functional materials, gasesolid
interphase reactivity with emphasis on CO activation and utilization, H generation,
2 2
photocatalysis, and energy-related applications. He is a coauthor of 55þ research pub-
licationsandabookchapter,andeditedbooksinsubjectsrelatedtonanotechnologyand
photo- and environmental catalysis.
Arindam Indra received his PhD in 2011 from IIT Bombay (India) in solid supported
catalysis. After completing postdoctoral research from Technische Universita¨t Berlin
(Germany), he joined in BasCat (Berlin, Germany) and worked in the field of solid
supported metalemetal oxide systems for the hydrocarbon oxidation. He then joined
Hanyang University (Korea) as assistant research professor and developed self-
supported catalysts for the electrochemical water splitting. Currently, he is working as
an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT BHU (India). His main
research interests are bioinspired water splitting, artificial photosynthesis and metal
organic framework (MOF), derived functional materials for the energy conversion and
storage.
Prashanth W. Menezes received his PhD in 2009 from the Max Planck Institute for
ChemicalPhysicsofSolids(MPI-CPfS,Germany)insolidstateandstructuralchemistry.
SoonafterhisPhD,hejoinedtheTechnischeUniversita¨tMu¨nchenin2010toworkinthe
directionofinorganicchemistrywithfocusonnovelmaterials.Since2012,heisworking
as a group head for inorganic materials at the Technische Universita¨t Berlin. His main
research interests include the design, development, and application of novel functional
materials for heterogeneous catalysis, especially on the redox oxygen catalysis, photo-
and electrocatalytic water splitting as well as electrochemical reduction reactions. He is
also actively involved in uncovering the active surface structure of the catalyst using
advanced in situ spectroscopy for relevant catalytic reactions.
Dr. D. Pukazhselvan is auxiliary researcher in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering (Nanoengineering Research Group), University of Aveiro, Portugal. He was
graduated in physics from Scott Christian College, India, and completed PhD (2011) in
thefieldofhydrogenenergyfromtheDepartmentofPhysics,BanarasHinduUniversity,
India. His current research interests are high capacity hydrogen storage and recharge-
able batteries. Pukazh authored over 40 international publications and presented his
works in over 40 national/international conferences.
xviii Authors Biographies
Dr.Sandhya.K.S.iscurrentlyassistantprofessor(FDP)intheDepartmentofChemistry,
Karyavattom Government College, Kerala, India. She was graduated in chemistry from
Mar Ivanios College, Kerala, and completed PhD (2014) in the field of computational
chemistry. She models effective catalysts for triggering the release of hydrogen from
water/alcoholsandalsoexploresthemechanismofhydrogenstoragesystems.Shewasa
postdoctoralresearcherforabiennium(2014e16)intheDepartmentofComplexSystem
Studies, Nagoya University, Japan. Sandhya authored 16 international articles and
attended more than 15 conferences.
Dr. Duncan Fagg is currently a principal investigator of the Centre for Mechanical
Technology and Automation (TEMA) in the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has over
20years of research experience with previous placements in CICECO Aveiro, Portugal;
Institute of Ceramics and Glass (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; Department of Chemical
Engineering, Patras Greece, School of Chemistry, St Andrews University, Scotland; and
RisøDTUNationalLaboratoryforSustainableEnergy,RoskildeDenmark.Atpresent,he
is the leader of a team of six postdocs and four PhD students. The focus of work is the
conversion of intermittent renewable energies into chemical products, such as
hydrogen or synthetic hydrocarbons, their storage, and their later reconversion to
electricity in fuel cells. Work encompasses the design of devices and materials for
batteries, solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOEC), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), hydrogen
separation membranes, and hydrogen storage. Due to his expertise in energy and
hydrogen-related topics, he regularly participates as an evaluator and rapporteur for
international programs, JTI Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the Marie
Skłodowska-Curie program, H2020-MSCA, Spanish “La Caixa” fellowships, etc. He has
published five book chapters and over 100 publications in international peer-review
journals with a current H-factor of 26.
Webpage http://sweet.ua.pt/duncan/
Raman Vedarajanreceived his doctoral degree from AnnaUniversity,India, in the year
2006.HewasnominatedasaresearchexchangescholarundertheJapaneseGovernment
Scholarship and carried out his research at Osaka University from the year 2004. After
completion of his PhD, he started his postdoctoral fellowship at National Institute for
MaterialScience(NIMS),Tsukuba,Japan,andNagoyaUniversityin2006e10.Intheyear
2010, he joined the Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (CFCT), International Advanced
Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India. Later, from
2012, he joined as an assistant professor at Japan Advanced Institute for Science and
Technology in School of Materials Science. His area of research mainly focuses on
applied electrochemistry. In 2017, he rejoined as a scientist at the CFCT, ARCI, India.
