Emerging Functional Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future
Synopsis
The transition toward a sustainable energy future depends not only on the expansion of renewable energy resources but also on the development of materials capable of storing and delivering energy with greater efficiency. At the heart of this challenge lies materials design. Composition, crystal structure, morphology, defects, interfaces, and charge transport collectively determine how effectively a material can perform within an energy-storage system. This volume brings together focused contributions that examine these relationships from the perspective of advanced functional materials. The chapters address fundamental principles of electrode design and electrochemical energy storage, followed by investigations of Fe-doped cobalt molybdenum oxide, Sr-doped manganese sulfide, Co-doped zinc molybdenum oxide, and SrS/graphitic carbon nitride nanocomposites. Together, these studies illustrate how controlled modification of composition and structure can influence conductivity, active sites, charge-transfer kinetics, and electrochemical performance. Considerable emphasis is placed on practical materials-engineering approaches, including elemental doping, nanostructure development, hydrothermal synthesis, interface formation, and hybridization. These strategies are presented not simply as preparation techniques, but as means of establishing meaningful connections between material structure and functional behavior.
Chapters
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Chapter 1: Advanced Electrode Materials for High-Performance Energy Storage: Fundamentals, Design Principles, and Future Perspectives
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Chapter 2: Enhancing Charge Transport Kinetics in Cobalt Molybdenum Oxide Nanorods via Iron-Doping for High-Performance Supercapacitors
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Chapter 3: Strontium-Doped Manganese Sulfide Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Advanced Energy Storage Applications
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Chapter 4: Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Doped Zinc Molybdenum Oxide (Co-ZnMoO4) Nanostructure for Energy Applications
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Chapter 5: Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Strontium Sulfide Incorporated Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanocomposite for Energy Storage Applications
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