New Technologies for Electrochemical Applications

The field of electrochemistry is exploring beyond its basic principles to innovation. New Technologies for Electrochemical Applications presents advancements in electrochemical processes, materials, and technology for electrochemical power sources such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, hydrogen storage and solar cells. It also examines various environmental applications such as photo electrochemistry, photosynthesis, and coating.

Organized to give readers an overview of the current field in electrochemical applications, this book features a historical timeline of advancements and chapters devoted to the topics of organic material and conducting polymers for electrochemical purposes. Established experts in the field detail state-of-the-art materials in biosensors, immunosensors, and electrochemical DNA.

This edited reference is a valuable resource for graduate and post-graduate students, and researchers in disciplines such as chemistry, physics, electrical engineering and materials science.

Chapter 1: Electrochemistry – Different Materials and applications an Overview

D. Durgalakshmi, R. Saravanan and Mu Naushad

Chapter 2: Controlled electrochemical deposition for materials synthesis

T Sivaranjani , T A. Revathy and Stephen A

Chapter 3: Photovoltaic energy generation system - Material, device and fabrication

S. Ananthakumar and S. Moorthy Babu

Chapter 4: Role of advanced materials in the electrochemical supercapacitors

Joyita Banerjee, Kingshuk Dutta and M. Abdul Kader

Chapter 5:Microbial electrochemical technologies for fuel cell device

S V. Sheen Mers, K. Sathish Kumar, L A. Sánchez-Olmos, M. Sánchez Cardenas and C B. Felipe.

Chapter 6: Photo electrochemical process for hydrogen production

S. Devi and V. Tharmaraj

Chapter 7:¿¿Recent trends in Chemiresistive gas sensing materials¿

Baskaran Ganesh Kumar, J. Nimita Jebaranjitham and R. Saravanan

Chapter 8: Innovative material role in electrochemical Glucose sensor

R. Suresh, Claudio Sandoval, Eimmy Ramirez, R.V. Mangalaraja and Jorge Yáñez

Chapter 9:Electrocatalyst for waste wastewater treatment

Prasenjit Bhunia, Kingshuk Dutta and M. Abdul Kader

Chapter 10: Development and characterization of A-MWCNTs/TETRA functional Epoxy coatings for corrison and prevention of mild steel

D. Duraibabu, A. Gnanaprakasam and S. Ananda Kumar

Chapter 11Electrochemical oxidation reaction for the treatment of textile dyes

Eswaran Prabakaran and Kriveshini Pillay

Chapter 12Materials involved in electrocoagulation process for industrial effluents

Carlos Navas-Cárdenas, Herman Murillo, Maibelin Rosales, Cesar Ron and Florinella Muñoz

Chapter 13Role of Organic materials in electrochemical applications

S. Ganesan

Chapter 14:Advanced conducting polymer for electrochemical applications

R. Suresh, R.V. Mangalaraja, Paola Santander and Jorge Yáñez

Chapter 15Electrochemical studies for biomedical applications

Rajesh Parsanathan

Dr. Mu. Naushad is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He obtained his M.Sc and Ph.D Degree in Analytical chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He has a vast research experience in the fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Environmental Science. He holds several US patents, over 280 publications in the international Journals of repute, twenty book chapters and several books published by renowned international publishers. He has >8400 citations with a Google Scholar H-Index of >54. He has successfully run several research projects funded by National plan for Science and Technology (NPST) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is the editor/editorial member of several reputed Journals like Scientific Report (Nature); Process Safety & Environmental Protection (Elsevier); Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier) and International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health (MDPI). He is also the associate editor for Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) and Desalination & Water Treatment (Taylor & Francis). He has been awarded the Scientist of the year award-2015 from National Environmental Science Academy, Delhi, India; Scientific Research Quality award-2019, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia and Almarai Award-2017, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Saravanan Rajendran hasreceived his Ph.D in Physics-Material Science in 2013 from the Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, India. He was awarded the University Research Fellowship (URF) during the year 2009-2011 by the University of Madras. After working as an Assistant Professor in Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India during the year of 2013-2014, he was awarded SERC and CONICYT-FONDECYT post-doctoral fellow