Graphene-Based Nanotechnologies for Energy and Environmental Applications explores how graphene-based materials are being used to make more efficient, reliable products and devices for energy storage and harvesting and environmental monitoring and purification. The book outlines the major sustainable, recyclable, and eco-friendly methods for using a range of graphene-based materials in innovative ways. It represents an important information source for materials scientists and engineers who want to learn more about the use of graphene-based nanomaterials to create the next generation of products and devices in energy and environmental science.
Graphene-based nanotechnologies are at the heart of some of the most exciting developments in the fields of energy and environmental research. Graphene has exceptional properties, which are being used to create more effective products for electronic systems, environmental sensing devices, energy storage, electrode materials, fuel cell, novel nano-sorbents, membrane and photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants especially in the field of water and wastewater treatment.
1. Section I. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 1. Introduction of graphene-based nanotechnologies - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Survey of graphene-based nanotechnologies - p. 23 4. Chapter 3. Graphene-based materials: Energy and environmental applications - p. 41 5. Section II. Energy - p. 56 6. Chapter 4. The potential application of graphene nanotechnology for renewable energy systems - p. 59 7. Chapter 5. Role of graphene in photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production - p. 81 8. Chapter 6. Metal-doped graphene nanocomposites and their application in energy storage - p. 109 9. Chapter 7. Graphene oxide/transition metal oxide as a promising nanomaterial for hydrogen storage - p. 121 10. Chapter 8. Development of graphene-based nanocomposites as potential materials for supercapacitors and electrochemical cells - p. 145 11. Chapter 9. Energy storage properties of graphene nanofillers - p. 155 12. Section III. Environment - p. 179 13. Chapter 10. Graphene as superior material for detection of volatile organic compounds - p. 183 14. Chapter 11. Application of magnetite–graphene oxide for wastewater treatment - p. 195 15. Chapter 12. Nanomaterials—based on graphene oxide and its derivatives—for separation and preconcentration of metal ions - p. 205 16. Chapter 13. Graphene/metal oxide–based nanocomposite as photocatalyst for degradation of water pollutants - p. 221 17. Chapter 14. New generation graphene oxide for removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - p. 241 18. Chapter 15. Fabrication of graphene-based membrane for separation of hazardous contaminants from wastewater - p. 267 19. Chapter 16. Antimicrobial activity of graphene-based nanomaterials: Current development and challenges - p. 293 20. Chapter 17. Graphene–metal oxide–supported nanohybrid materials for treatment of textile dyes - p. 315 21. Chapter 18. Graphene-based nanomaterials for the removal of pharmaceuticals in drinking water sources - p. 329 22. Chapter 19. Fabrication and application of graphene-based composites for indoor air quality and wastewater treatment - p. 359 23. Chapter 20. An overview of porous graphene nanomaterials for wastewater treatment - p. 389 24. Index - p. 413
Graphene-Based Nanotechnologies for Energy and Environmental Applications explores how graphene-based materials are being used to make more efficient, reliable products and devices for energy storage and harvesting and environmental monitoring and purification. The book outlines the major sustainable, recyclable, and eco-friendly methods for using a range of graphene-based materials in innovative ways. It represents an important information source for materials scientists and engineers who want to learn more about the use of graphene-based nanomaterials to create the next generation of products and devices in energy and environmental science.
Graphene-based nanotechnologies are at the heart of some of the most exciting developments in the fields of energy and environmental research. Graphene has exceptional properties, which are being used to create more effective products for electronic systems, environmental sensing devices, energy storage, electrode materials, fuel cell, novel nano-sorbents, membrane and photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants especially in the field of water and wastewater treatment.
1. Section I. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 1. Introduction of graphene-based nanotechnologies - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Survey of graphene-based nanotechnologies - p. 23 4. Chapter 3. Graphene-based materials: Energy and environmental applications - p. 41 5. Section II. Energy - p. 56 6. Chapter 4. The potential application of graphene nanotechnology for renewable energy systems - p. 59 7. Chapter 5. Role of graphene in photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production - p. 81 8. Chapter 6. Metal-doped graphene nanocomposites and their application in energy storage - p. 109 9. Chapter 7. Graphene oxide/transition metal oxide as a promising nanomaterial for hydrogen storage - p. 121 10. Chapter 8. Development of graphene-based nanocomposites as potential materials for supercapacitors and electrochemical cells - p. 145 11. Chapter 9. Energy storage properties of graphene nanofillers - p. 155 12. Section III. Environment - p. 179 13. Chapter 10. Graphene as superior material for detection of volatile organic compounds - p. 183 14. Chapter 11. Application of magnetite–graphene oxide for wastewater treatment - p. 195 15. Chapter 12. Nanomaterials—based on graphene oxide and its derivatives—for separation and preconcentration of metal ions - p. 205 16. Chapter 13. Graphene/metal oxide–based nanocomposite as photocatalyst for degradation of water pollutants - p. 221 17. Chapter 14. New generation graphene oxide for removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - p. 241 18. Chapter 15. Fabrication of graphene-based membrane for separation of hazardous contaminants from wastewater - p. 267 19. Chapter 16. Antimicrobial activity of graphene-based nanomaterials: Current development and challenges - p. 293 20. Chapter 17. Graphene–metal oxide–supported nanohybrid materials for treatment of textile dyes - p. 315 21. Chapter 18. Graphene-based nanomaterials for the removal of pharmaceuticals in drinking water sources - p. 329 22. Chapter 19. Fabrication and application of graphene-based composites for indoor air quality and wastewater treatment - p. 359 23. Chapter 20. An overview of porous graphene nanomaterials for wastewater treatment - p. 389 24. Index - p. 413
