Table Of ContentApplications of
Nanomaterials for Energy
Storage Devices
Electrochemical energy storage devices are the prime interest of researchers and
students. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to nanomaterials and
their potential applications specifically for electrochemical devices (rechargeable
batteries, supercapacitors, and so forth) in a coherent and simple manner. It covers
fundamental concepts of nanomaterials, chemical and physical methods of synthesis,
properties, characterization methods, and related applications.
Features:
• Introduces the evolution of nanoparticles in electrochemical energy storage
devices.
• Provides the detailed information on step-by-step synthesis of nanoparticles.
• Discusses different characterization methods (structural, electrical, optical,
and thermal).
• Includes the use of nanoparticles in various electrochemical devices.
• Aims to bridge the gap between the material synthesis and the real
application.
This book aims at Senior Undergraduate/Graduate students in Material Chemistry,
Electrochemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Energy Storage.
Applications of
Nanomaterials for Energy
Storage Devices
Edited by
Amit Saxena, Bhaskar Bhattacharya and
Felipe Caballero-Briones
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Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................vii
Editors .......................................................................................................................ix
Contributors ..............................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Motivation: Nature to Nano..................................................................1
Amit Saxena, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, and Felipe Caballero-Briones
Chapter 2 Introduction to Nanoscience ...............................................................25
D.K. Kushvaha and S.K. Rout
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Nanomaterials ........................................................57
Yarazett Hernández Castillo
Chapter 4 Physical Methods for Synthesis and Thin-Film Deposition...............77
Sachin R. Rondiya, Anurag Roy, Ganesh K. Rahane,
Ashok Jadhavar, Mahesh M. Kamble, Puneeth Kumar P.,
Hareesh K., Mahesh P. Suryawanshi, Nelson Y. Dzade,
and Sandesh R. Jadkar
Chapter 5 Chemical Methods of Synthesis .........................................................97
N. Cruz-González, S.J. Montiel-Perales, N.E. García-Martínez,
and Felipe Caballero-Briones
Chapter 6 Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Nanoparticles ..................127
R.M. Mehra
Chapter 7 Various Characterization Methods ...................................................143
F. Ruiz-Perez, S.J. Montiel-Perales, R.V. Tolentino-Hernandez,
M.S. Ovando-Rocha, Felipe Caballero-Briones, and
F.J. Espinosa-Faller
Chapter 8 The Fundamental Idea of Electrochemical Devices ........................187
N. Gnanaseelan, S.K. Kamaraj, and F. Caballero-Briones
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Chapter 9 Application of Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Devices ............209
Rahul Singh
Chapter 10 Rechargeable Batteries with Nanotechnology .................................227
Meenal Gupta, Santosh J. Uke, Yogesh Kumar, Sweta Sharma,
Ashwani Kumar, Pushpa Singh, Amit Saxena,
Bhaskar Bhattacharya, and Yogesh Kumar
Index ......................................................................................................................263
Preface
Three years heretofore, suddenly the “Beauty of Nature” enthralled me, while I was
sitting in my garden. That experience was related to the origin of nature, the world,
and the universe. This set me on the path to drafting a book that could talk about
nature and its creations. Initially, I asked myself a question about how such a wonder-
ful and attractive world was created. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Brahma
wove this entire universe. However, being a person of physics, the answer to this
question must be more scientific. Hence, this book is a scientific way of explaining
creation with the help of nanoscience. While planning for this book, it was arduous
to get the appropriate text and chapters. Therefore, I bellied up to my other editors/
contributors (Prof. Felipe and Prof. Bhattacharya). Finally, because of my mentors’
support, we got a group of authors who are experts in nanoscience/nanotechnology.
This book is a collection of important topics, concepts, and chapters of all expertise,
which would show the pathway between nanoscience and nature.
This book is a compilation of ten important chapters. Chapter 1 is dedicated to
understanding nature in the view of nanoscience. In this chapter, the author has taken
much effort to explain the importance of nanoscience in every corner of this uni-
verse. Furthermore, Chapters 2 and 3 explain the fundamentals of nanoscience and
nanotechnology. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the various physics and chemical methods
of the preparation of nanoparticles. Appropriate experimental techniques with dia-
grams are included in these chapters. Furthermore, Chapter 6 focuses on the impor-
tant properties of nanoparticles, like electrical, mechanical, optical, etc. Chapter 7
includes the various characterization techniques which are important to analyze the
nanoparticles. Furthermore, the next three chapters discuss the application part of
nanoparticles for various devices, rechargeable batteries in particular. This collec-
tion of chapters would be a single-point knowledge center for all readers. We hope
the reader enjoys going through the book and will get the best out of this.
This book is dedicated to our parents and teachers. We are indebted to the contrib-
utors/authors of this book. Because of their efforts and in-time completion of their
chapters, this book was completed in a time span. We also thank all the publishers and
authors for their permission to use the materials like figures/tables from their publi-
cations. We are also thankful to Shri. Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore;
MMV, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and National Polytechnic Institute,
Materials, and Technologies for Energy, Health and Environment (GESMAT),
CICATA Altamira, for supporting us to complete the edition of this book. Finally, we
are indebted to CRC Publication for accepting our proposal and publishing the work.
We end with the words of Prof Richard Feynman: “There’s Plenty of Room at the
Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics”
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Editors
Dr. Amit Saxena
I am a regular faculty from the Department of Physics,
Shri. Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore,
India. I am also a lifetime member of IAPT, Kanpur
(Indian Association of Physics Teachers), and NMS
(Nano and Molecular Society), New Delhi. My area of
research interest is the application of carbon-based mate-
rials, nanoparticles, and biomaterials for electrochemical
applications. My research group is extensively working
on rechargeable batteries, DSSC, OSC, quantum dots,
supercapacitors, etc. Very recently, we are being actively
involved in the extraction of biopolymers from various
biomaterials for biodegradable electrochemical devices. Also, we filed a patent in
this direction.
My formation is B.Sc. in Electronics, M.Sc. in Materials Science, and Ph.D. in
Mixed Conducting Polymer Electrolytes. I received a gold medal for my PG studies.
I have two patents, two books, three chapters, and eight research papers in reputed
international journals and publications. My passion is teaching, reading mythologi-
cal text, and collaborative research communications. I am so thankful to Prof. Felipe
Caballero-Briones and Prof. Bhaskar Bhattacharya for accepting my invitation for
being coeditor of this book.
Dr. Bhaskar Bhattacharya
Dr. Bhattacharya is a Professor of Physics at
Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, India. Dr. Bhattacharya has teaching and
research experience of more than 30 years and has
more than 100 research papers, 4 book chapters,
and 2 patents to his credits. His field of research
includes polymer electrolytes, dye-sensitized solar
cells, quantum dots, carbon nanostructures, and ion
beam interaction.
Dr. Bhattacharya has obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics
from Banaras Hindu University and has worked at different academic institutions.
In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Bhattacharya has been involved in aca-
demic administration in different capacities. He has worked as a research professor
at KAIST, Korea, and has intensively worked on nanostructures and quantum dots.
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