Materials for Energy Storage

Authors

Niroj Kumar Sahu (Editor), Arpan Kumar Nayak (Editor), Andrews Nirmala Grace (Editor)

ISBN: 9781032805764

Published: 21 May 2026 — paperback edition

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)

Description

Materials for Energy Storage offers a combinatorial understanding of materials science and electrochemistry in electrochemical energy storage devices, with a holistic overview of the current status, the research gaps, and the opportunities ahead.

Rooted in a close reading of contemporary energy utilisation and aligned with the sustainable development goals, the book examines device chemistries in depth, the impact of nanomaterials on performance, and the critical factors that determine how a device behaves in service. It treats the electrode-electrolyte interface, device fabrication, and the commercial aspects that decide whether a promising laboratory result ever reaches manufacture.

Key Features

• Bridges materials science and electrochemistry rather than treating them separately.
• Covers the full range of device chemistries with attention to research gaps and future opportunities.
• Detailed treatment of nanomaterials and their effect on device performance.
• Examines the electrode-electrolyte interface, device fabrication and commercial viability.
• Edited contributions from research groups across materials science and energy technology.

Coverage

Electrochemical energy storage fundamentals · Electrode-electrolyte interface · Transition metal oxide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries and hybrid capacitors · Metal carbides and nitrides for energy storage · Ferrite nanomaterials · Polymers for efficient electrochemical energy storage · Supercapacitors · Device fabrication · Performance characterisation · Commercial and manufacturing considerations.

About the Editors

Niroj Kumar Sahu is Professor at the Centre for Nanotechnology Research, VIT, Vellore, India. He received his PhD from IIT Bombay and is a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Thesis Work. He has published more than fifty peer-reviewed research articles, edited two books and contributed fifteen book chapters. His research focuses on the fabrication and surface functionalisation of ferrites and composite nanostructured materials for biomedical and energy storage applications.

Arpan Kumar Nayak is Assistant Professor in the School of Advanced Sciences, VIT, Vellore. He received his PhD from IIT Kharagpur and was a post-doctoral fellow at Hanyang University, Seoul. His research covers the synthesis of nanostructured materials for environment and energy applications, including high-performance energy storage devices, photocatalysis and water splitting.

Andrews Nirmala Grace is a Professor at the Centre for Nanotechnology Research, VIT, Vellore, with a research record in nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage.

Why buy this book?

Every serious decarbonisation scenario assumes storage costs keep falling and energy densities keep rising — and both of those assumptions rest on materials chemistry. This volume is written at exactly that level: not a survey of battery types, but a treatment of why particular electrode and electrolyte materials behave as they do, and what the interface between them actually determines. The attention to commercial and fabrication constraints is unusual and welcome; it is the section that separates laboratory promise from deployable technology. A reference for materials scientists, electrochemists and energy engineers, and a natural acquisition for technical libraries supporting energy and nanotechnology research.

Keywords

Energy storage materials, electrochemical energy storage, nanomaterials, sodium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, hybrid capacitors, electrode-electrolyte interface, transition metal oxides, metal carbides and nitrides, ferrite nanomaterials, battery fabrication, materials science

Target Audience

Materials scientists and electrochemists, energy engineers, researchers in energy technology, graduate and postgraduate students, industry professionals in battery and storage manufacturing, technical and university libraries

Genre

Materials Science, Energy, Chemical Engineering, Renewable Energy

Questions & Answers

Why does the electrode-electrolyte interface matter so much in battery performance?
Because it governs charge transfer, degradation and safety. A material with excellent bulk properties can still fail in service if the interface is unstable. The book devotes a full chapter to it.

What role do nanomaterials play in energy storage devices?
They increase active surface area and shorten ion diffusion paths, which raises power density — but often at a cost in volumetric energy density and cycle stability. The book examines the trade-off rather than treating nanostructuring as an unqualified good.

Are sodium-ion batteries a viable alternative to lithium-ion?
They avoid lithium and cobalt supply constraints at the cost of lower energy density. The chapter on transition metal oxide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries and hybrid capacitors sets out where the chemistry currently stands.

What separates a promising storage material in the lab from a manufacturable one?
Device fabrication and cost. The book's treatment of commercial aspects addresses exactly this gap, which is where most published materials research stops.

Where can I buy Materials for Energy Storage?
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