Applications of Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion

Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor is a senior lecturer/researcher and the immediate past acting head of the Department of Physics and the current acting director of sports at Edo State University, Iyamho, Nigeria. He is also a research fellow at the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Competence Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, a climate institute sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany. He was awarded his PhD in physics electronics by the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; his MSc in physics electronics by the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; his PGD in education by Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria; and his BSc in applied physics by Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria. He is a member of several learned academic organizations, such as the Nigerian Young Academy (NYA), the Nigerian Institute of Physics (NIP), the Materials Science and Technology Society of Nigeria (MSN), the Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), among others. His research interests include applied physics, climate physics, environmental physics, telecommunications physics, machine learning, statistical analysis, and materials science (nanotechnology). He serves as an editor and reviewer for several reputable journals and publishers and acts as a supervisor and examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has authored or co-authored several publications with these reputable journals and publishers. He is currently ranked among the top 50 authors in Nigeria by Scopus scholarly output and is listed among the top 2% of scientists in the world by Stanford University, USA.Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe is a former research fellow with the Department of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Applied Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa; and currently a research associate with the Center for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; the National Institute of Theoretical and Computational Science, Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as the School of Chemistry & Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg Campus, Scottsville, South Africa. He earned his PhD in physics from the prestigious University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. He is currently a member of several learned academic organizations. His research interests are in applied physics, nanotechnology, fluid dynamics, water purification processes, image processing, environmental physics, machine learning, statistical analysis, and materials science. He has also served as a reviewer and editor for numerous highly regarded publishers and has authored or co-authored several research publications.

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy StorageChapter 2: Synthesis of Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy StorageChapter 3: Applications of Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy StorageChapter 4: Applications of Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy ConversionChapter 5: Challenges of the Applications of Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Storage and ConversionChapter 6: State-of-the-Art Advances and Future Prospects of the Applications of Contemporary Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion