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Provides inter-discipline knowledge of energy systems and defect science.
List of contents
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
About the author
Dr. Noé Arjona is a senior researcher at the Research Center in Advanced Materials (CIMAV, Mexico). His work focuses on interface engineering in nanomaterials for energy systems, particularly zinc-air batteries. He has published in leading journals in the field of electrochemistry.
Dra. Lorena Álvarez Contreras (CIMAV, Mexico) advances defect/interface engineering nanomaterials for zinc-air and lithium batteries. She has authored widely cited publications and serves as editor and book chapter in the field of nanomaterials for sustainable energy production and storage.
Dra. Minerva Guerra Balcázar is a full-time professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (México) specializing in defect engineering for energy systems and sensors. With over 13 years of experience, she has co authored several publications and book chapters in this area.
