Surface and Interfacial Defects in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Production and Storage

Provides inter-discipline knowledge of energy systems and defect science.

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Dr. Noé Arjona is a principal investigator in the Research Center for Science and Technological development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ, México). His research lines are consequently focused on electrochemical areas like energy conversion, energy storage, electrochemical valorization of wastes, and electrochemical sensors. Dr. Arjona is the recipient of the international award for Young Scientist in Electrochemistry provided by the Ibero-American Society of Electrochemistry (2020). He is member of different societies including the Electrochemical Society, the Materials Research Society, and the Mexican Society of Hydrogen.

Lorena Alvarez Contreras is a full-time professor affiliated to the Center for Research in Advanced Materials S.C. (Cimav, México). She has research lines focusing on nanomaterials, catalysis, battery materials, fuel cells, activated carbon, and energy generation and storage. She was recognized as the Best Researcher at Cimav from 2011 to 2014, she received the Maria Esther Orozco award in 2012 and the State Award for Science, Technology, and Innovation in 2021 in the Natural and Exact Sciences category.

Minerva Guerra Balcázar is a full-time professor in the Autonomous University of Queretaro (UAQ, México). Her research focuses on the development of nanostructured materials with applications in energy conversion and storage devices, and biosensors.

Inhalt
Part 1. Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Nanomaterials in Energy Systems
Chapter 2: Basics of Surface Defects: Types, Formation, and Impact
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Interfacial Defects in Materials Science: Types, Formation, and Classification
Chapter 4: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Formation of Surface and Interfacial Defects
Chapter 5: Defects as Catalytic Sites in Energy Chemistry
Chapter 6: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Defect and Interface Engineering
Chapter 7: Computational Modeling of Defects in Nanomaterials
Chapter 8: Defect Healing and Control Strategies in Energy Systems
Chapter 9: Future frontiers in defect science for advanced energy Technologies

Part 2. Defects and Interface Engineering in Energy Conversion

Chapter 10: Defects and Interface Engineering of MXenes: Heterojunction Hybrid Catalysts for Hydrogen Production
Chapter 11: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Chapter 12: Defect and Interface Engineering in Fuel Production
Chapter 13: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrochemical Valorization of Biomass to Value-added Chemicals
Chapter 14: Defect and Interface Engineering in Fuel Cells
Chapter 15: Defect and Interface Engineering in electrolyzers
Chapter 16: Defect and Interface Engineering for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Part 3. Defects and Interface Engineering in Energy Storage

Chapter 17: Defect and Interface Engineering in Li-ion batteries
Chapter 18: Defects and interface engineering in Na-ion batteries
Chapter 19: Defect and Interface Engineering in K-ion batteries
Chapter 20: Defect and Interface Engineering in Li-air batteries
Chapter 21: Defect and Interface Engineering in Zinc-air batteries
Chapter 22: Addressing Surface and Interfacial Defects in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Chapter 23: Engineering Defects in Advanced Battery Systems
Chapter 24: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrochemical pseudocapacitors based on carbon
Chapter 25: Metal oxide Based Electrochemical supercapacitors: Performance Enhancement by Defects and Interface Engineering
Chapter 26: Defect and Interface Engineering in Electrochemical Pseudocapacitors Based on Pseudocapacitive Materials