Metal and Metal Oxides for Energy and Electronics

Preface.- Chapter 1 Metal oxides for rechargeable batteries and energy applications.- Chapter 2 Molybdenum disulphide nanocomposites as electrode materials for supercapacitors.- Chapter 3 Manganese dioxide for electrochemical energy storage.- Chapter 4 Conductive oxides applications in flexible electronic devices.- Chapter 5 Indium-free transparent conducting electrodes.- Chapter 6 Thin film metal oxides for displays and other optoelectronic applications.- Chapter 7 Zinc oxide, a versatile material for a safe and sustainable future.- Chapter 8 Gas sensors based on metal oxides and sulfides.- Chapter 9 Metallic nanomaterials in algal biofuel production.- Chapter 10 Nanostructured metal oxides for thin film capacitive sensors of humidity.- Chapter 11 Multiferroics properties and applications of rare earth doped BiFeO3.

Dr. Saravanan Rajendran has received 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 fellowship, University of Chile, Santiago in the year of 2014- 2017. He has worked (2017-2018) in the research group of Professor John Irvine, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the framework of a EPSRC-Global Challenges Research Fund for the removal of Blue-Green Algae and their toxins. Currently, he is currently working as a Research Scientist, in the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Also, Research Associate in SERC, Santiago, Chile. He is Associate Editor for International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Springer). His research interests focus in the area of nanostructured functional materials, photophysics, surface chemistry and nanocatalysts for renewable energy and waste water purification. He has published several International peer-reviewed Journals, eight book chapters and seven books published by renowned international publishers.