This book provides fundamental electrochemical behavior and understanding of devices based on Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates. The basic concepts, properties and emerging applications of these materials as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, sensors, biomedical and environmental are covered. Apart from conventional techniques, this book explores new aspects of synthesizing Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates.

Explains the fundamental electrochemical behavior of Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates Presents potential applications of metal phosphates and phosphonates Reports on new synthesis routes for Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates

Autorentext
Dr. Ram K. Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta's research focuses on green energy production, storage using 2D materials, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, bio-based polymers, flame-retardant polyurethanes, conducting polymers & composites, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta published around 240 peer-reviewed articles, made over 300 national/international/ regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, edited/wrote several books/chapters for American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, CRC, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. He has published many research articles related to energy materials in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications, Solar Energy, Scientific Reports, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Chemistry of Materials, to namea few. He has received about two and a half million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and editorial board member for several journals.

Inhalt
An introduction.- Materials and synthesis of metal phosphates and phosphonates.- Electrochemistry of metal phosphates and phosphonates.- Fundamentals of electrochemical energy devices.- Principles of catalysts.- Basics of electrochemical sensors.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for batteries.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for supercapacitors.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for fuel cells.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for water splitting.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates as catalysts for HER.-Metal phosphates/phosphonates as catalysts for OER.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for CO2 reduction.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for biofuels.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for heavy metal removal.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for air quality improvement.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for membrane.- Metal phosphates/phosphonates for biomedical applications.