Description
Metal-chalcogenides have exceptional properties and can be used for electronic devices, environmental monitoring, and sensing applications, for energy storage, as electrode materials, in fuel cells, membranes and for photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants in the field of waste-water treatment applications.Metal-Chalcogenide Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties, and Industrial Applications focuses on metal chalcogenide nanomaterials for environmental remediation and corrosion applications.The chapters focuses on cost-effective and facile fabrication approaches, their growth mechanisms, optical, electrical, and other important properties and their applications in a broad range of diverse fields such as photocatalysis, photovoltaics, hydrogen production, lithium batteries, energy storage, anticorrosion, and sensor devices.The book will be an important information source for both material scientists and engineers who want to create the next generation of products and devices for energy and environmental applications.- Covers fabrication, standard characterization, photocatalytic mechanisms, and environmentally-sustainable fabrication methods- Applications covered include environmental, electronics, oil, gas, water treatment, sensing, and many more- Includes challenges and future opportunities, which are discussed in detail
Table of Contents
1 Chalcogenides and their nanocomposites: fundamental, properties and applications2 Chalcogenides and their nanocomposites in environmental remediation3 Chalcogenides and their nanocomposites in photocatalytic reactions4 Metal chalcogenides and their nanocomposites in water purification systems5 Metal chalcogenides and their nanocomposites in industrial effluents treatments6 Heterostructured transition metal chalcogenides photocatalysts for organic contaminants degradation7 Chalcogenides and their nanocomposites in heavy metal decontamination8 Chalcogenides and their nanocomposites in oxygen reduction9 Chalcogenides and their nanocomposites as supper capacitive materials10 Metal-chalcogenides nanocomposites as counterelectrodes for olar cells11 II-VI semiconductor metal chalcogenide nanomaterials and polymer composites: fundamentals, properties, and applications12 Challenges and opportunities of chalcogenides and their nanocomposites
