Inorganic Materials for Energy, Medicine and Environmental Remediation

269 Pages·2021·11.65 MB·English

by  Saravanan Rajendran, Mu. Naushad, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Eric Lichtfouse

Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 69
Saravanan Rajendran
Mu. Naushad
Dai-Viet N. Vo
Eric Lichtfouse   Editors
Inorganic Materials
for Energy,
Medicine and
Environmental
Remediation
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable
World
Volume 69
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Saravanan Rajendran • Mu. Naushad
Dai-Viet N. Vo • Eric Lichtfouse
Editors
Inorganic Materials for
Energy, Medicine and
Environmental Remediation
Editors
Saravanan Rajendran Mu. Naushad
Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Chemistry
University of Tarapacá King Saud University
Arica, Chile Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dai-Viet N. Vo Eric Lichtfouse
Center of Excellence for Green Energy Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IRD,
and Environmental Nanomaterials INRA, Coll France, CEREGE
Nguyen Tat Thanh University Aix en Provence, France
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Preface
A radically unconventional future cannot be accommodated within the framework of plans
made for a different world. — K. Eric Drexler
The founding father of nanotechnology, Eric Drexler has always had an exceptional
vision in exploring new materials and creating advancements in molecular nano-
technology. In lot of his speech and his work, he emphasis the importance of nano-
technology in its potential advantages in smaller size and higher efficient properties
for energy, environment, and medicinal applications. Using nanostructured materi-
als, we can utilize lesser sources and achieve greater efficiency and hence cannot
harm our natural resources. Inorganic material has higher stability in various envi-
ronmental conditions, and as nanostructures, the potentialities of the material are
further higher due to its high surface to volume ratio. In using nanostructure materi-
als, preparation toward higher scale with homogenization and understanding its
property as modifying it as composites is also important. In view of this, the book
explores the importance of inorganic nanomaterials for various energy applications
such as fuel cells and batteries; environmental applications such as water purifica-
tion; and materials of cancer treatments.
In Chap. 1, Ananthakumar et al. discusses the current developments in the pre-
pared Cu S nanocrystals, and their LSPR property toward several potential appli-
2-x
cations includes energy and cancer treatments. Leya et al. in Chap. 2 elaborate the
importance of simulation studies on lithium ion insertion of graphene that helps
incorporating Li+ and enhancing the capacitance of battery compared to the cur-
rently employed graphite sheets (Fig. 1). Chapter 3 by Wahid et al. focuses on the
fabrication of nanostructured materials for fuel cell application, its working princi-
ple advantages and disadvantages, and transportation, industrial, and commercial
applications. Synthesis of nanoparticles from the bulk materials by various top-
down and bottom-up approaches and its usage in heavy metal removal from waste-
water are compiled by Yogeshwaran et al. in Chap. 4. The contribution by Santhosh
Kumar et al. in Chap. 5 comprises the novel nanomaterials including zero-valent
metal nanomaterials, metal-oxide-based nanomaterials and nanocomposites, and
their applications for the expulsion of the pollutants from water. In Chap. 6,
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vi Preface
Fig. 1 Schematic of the preparation of graphene/metal oxide composites with synergistic effects
between graphene and metal oxides. (From Leya et al. in Chap. 2)
Thirumurugan et al. discuss the key parameters such as the magnetic characteristics
of the magnetic nanoparticles, the fraction of magnetic nanoparticles in the mag-
netic nanocomposites, and the external applied magnetic field strength to tune/
enhance the capacitive performance of the electrochemical supercapacitor.
Chapter 7 by Nagarajan et al. provides an overview of recent advances and
explores the possibility of enhancing the detoxification of organic pollutants by
various metal oxide nanomaterials using adsorption, Fenton reaction, advanced oxi-
dation, and photocatalytic process. The key advances in the preparation and physi-
cochemical properties of the novel (un)supported metal and metal oxide
nanocomposites and their potential applications in catalytic conversion/degradation
of organic pollutants from environmental wastewater is elaborated by Somasundaram
et al. in Chap. 8. Chapter 9 by Kumar Kashyap et al. gives a review on the applica-
tion of oxide nanomaterials of Cu, Fe, Ce, and Co for removal of persistent organic
pollutants in wastewater via advanced oxidation processes. In Chap. 10, Mohammad
et al. discuss the role of metal nanoparticles in improving the efficiency and perfor-
mance of methanol-, ethanol-, and formic acid-based fuel cells.
The successful structure of this book is mainly because of the contribution of the
authors with wide-ranging research experience to create an awareness on the impor-
tance of inorganic nanomaterials for the need of the human society to have good
environment and good health and gain sustainable energy.
Arica, Chile Saravanan Rajendran
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mu. Naushad
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Dai-Viet N. Vo
Aix en Provence, France Eric Lichtfouse
Acknowledgments
First and foremost, we would like to thank our Almighty God for giving us the
opportunity and good strength to complete this book successfully.
Our honest thanks to series editors and advisory board for accepting our book
entitled, Inorganic Materials for Energy, Medicine and Environmental Remediation,
as a part of the series Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, and their
continuous support to complete this hard task successfully. We express our deepest
appreciations to authors and reviewers. We extend our truthful gratitude to the
Springer publisher. We have great pleasure in acknowledging various publishers
and authors for permitting us the copyright to use their figures and tables. We would
still like to offer our deep apologies to any copyright holder if unknowingly their
right is being infringed.
One of the editors Dr. R. Saravanan likes to thank SERC Chile (CONICYT/
FONDAP/15110019) for the financial support. Finally, he expresses his sincere
thanks to the Faculty of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
Dr. Mu. Naushad extends his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research
at King Saud University for the support.
Universidad de Tarapacá Saravanan Rajendran
Arica, Chile
King Saud University Mu. Naushad
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nguyen Tat Thanh University Dai-Viet N. Vo
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Aix-Marseille University Eric Lichtfouse
Aix en Provence, France
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Contents
1 Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance in Colloidal
Copper Sulphide (Cu2-xS, x = 0 ≤ x < 1)
Nanocrystals and Its Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ananthakumar Soosaimanickam, Tamilselvan Sakthivel,
Balaji Sambandam, Samuel Paul David,
and Anandhi Sivaramalingam
2 Titanium Dioxide/Graphene Nanocomposites
as High-Performance Anode Material
for Lithium Ion Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Leya Rose Raphael, Krishnan M A, Jarin D. Joyner,
Akhila Das, Neethu T. M. Balakrishnan, Jou-Hyeon Ahn,
Jabeen Fatima M J, and Prasanth Raghavan
3 Design and Fabrication of Nano-S tructured Materials
for Fuel Cell Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Wahid Ali, Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Akbar Mohammad,
and Waleed Alhazmi
4 Synthesis of Nano-Particles and Its Applications
in Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
V. Yogeshwaran and A. K. Priya
5 Role of Metal and Metal Oxides for the Removal
of Water Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
J. Santhosh Kumar, Rosalin Beura, and P. Thangadurai
6 Magnetic Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Applications . . . . . . . . . 131
Thirumurugan Arun, Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan,
R. Udayabhaskar, K. Ravichandran, Ali Akbari-Fakhrabadi,
and Mauricio J. Morel
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7 Emerging Nano-Structured Metal Oxides for Detoxification
of Organic Pollutants Towards Environmental
Remediation: Overview and Future Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
S Nagarajan, J Nimita Jebaranjitham, B Ganesh Kumar,
and Devaraj Manoj
8 Metal Nanostructures Derived Composites for Catalytic
Conversion of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Somasundaram Saravanamoorthy, Muniyandi Muneeswaran,
Vanaraj Ramkumar, Andivelu Ilangovan,
and Mayakrishnan Gopiraman
9 Removal of Persistent Organic Pollutants Using Redox
Active Metal Oxide Nanocatalysts via Advanced
Oxidation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Kumar Kashyap Hazarika, Chiranjita Goswami,
and Pankaj Bharali
10 Metal-Based Particles as a Catalyst for Proton
Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Mohammad Javadi, Hassan Karimi-Maleh,
and Nobanathi Wendy Maxakato