Metal-chalcogenides have exceptional properties and can be used for electronic devices, environmental monitoring, and sensing applications, for energy storage, as electrode materials, in fuel cells, membranes and for photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants in the field of waste-water treatment applications.
Metal-Chalcogenide Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties, and Industrial Applications focuses on metal chalcogenide nanomaterials for environmental remediation and corrosion applications.
The chapters focuses on cost-effective and facile fabrication approaches, their growth mechanisms, optical, electrical, and other important properties and their applications in a broad range of diverse fields such as photocatalysis, photovoltaics, hydrogen production, lithium batteries, energy storage, anticorrosion, and sensor devices.
The book will be an important information source for both material scientists and engineers who want to create the next generation of products and devices for energy and environmental applications.
- Covers fabrication, standard characterization, photocatalytic mechanisms, and environmentally-sustainable fabrication methods
- Applications covered include environmental, electronics, oil, gas, water treatment, sensing, and many more
- Includes challenges and future opportunities, which are discussed in detail
