Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis

Inorganic nanomaterials are defined as materials with one or more dimension within 1 – 100 nm range. These materials possess unique optical, electronic, thermo-physical, physicochemical and mechanical properties, and represent intensively explored, studied and sought-after commodities for a large va...

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1. Verfasser: Kulhavý, J
Weitere Verfasser: Tsang, SCE
Format: Abschlussarbeit
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
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description Inorganic nanomaterials are defined as materials with one or more dimension within 1 – 100 nm range. These materials possess unique optical, electronic, thermo-physical, physicochemical and mechanical properties, and represent intensively explored, studied and sought-after commodities for a large variety of applications and manufacturing processes. Heterogeneous catalysts are vital for many industrial processes and often take advantage of the unique reactivity properties of nanomaterials, while battery electrode materials composed of nanomaterials are explored to solve current limitations with higher power densities via stable rapid ion and electron transport, and with high energy density via maximization of the charge storage capability. This thesis provides an insight into synthetic methods, detailed characterization and properties study, and exemplary applications of engineered 2D MoS2 nanomaterials in Li and Na ion batteries, palladium nanoparticles supported on 2D MoS2 nanosheets as heterogeneous catalysts in Suzuki and Heck C-C coupling and 1-pentyne hydrogenation reactions and sulphate functionalized titanium oxide nanoparticles as solid superacid catalysts in the esterification reaction of levulinic acid and pyruvaldehyde Cannizzaro reactions.
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spelling oxford-uuid:e994b49c-c83f-410f-bc0f-44d2c9165fbe2023-11-22T09:27:01ZSynthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysisThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:e994b49c-c83f-410f-bc0f-44d2c9165fbeHeterogeneous catalysisNanoparticlesChemistry, InorganicElectrochemistryNanostructured materialsEnglishHyrax Deposit2022Kulhavý, JTsang, SCEInorganic nanomaterials are defined as materials with one or more dimension within 1 – 100 nm range. These materials possess unique optical, electronic, thermo-physical, physicochemical and mechanical properties, and represent intensively explored, studied and sought-after commodities for a large variety of applications and manufacturing processes. Heterogeneous catalysts are vital for many industrial processes and often take advantage of the unique reactivity properties of nanomaterials, while battery electrode materials composed of nanomaterials are explored to solve current limitations with higher power densities via stable rapid ion and electron transport, and with high energy density via maximization of the charge storage capability. This thesis provides an insight into synthetic methods, detailed characterization and properties study, and exemplary applications of engineered 2D MoS2 nanomaterials in Li and Na ion batteries, palladium nanoparticles supported on 2D MoS2 nanosheets as heterogeneous catalysts in Suzuki and Heck C-C coupling and 1-pentyne hydrogenation reactions and sulphate functionalized titanium oxide nanoparticles as solid superacid catalysts in the esterification reaction of levulinic acid and pyruvaldehyde Cannizzaro reactions.
spellingShingle Heterogeneous catalysis
Nanoparticles
Chemistry, Inorganic
Electrochemistry
Nanostructured materials
Kulhavý, J
Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
title Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
title_full Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
title_fullStr Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
title_short Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
title_sort synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanomaterials for applications in energy storage and catalysis
topic Heterogeneous catalysis
Nanoparticles
Chemistry, Inorganic
Electrochemistry
Nanostructured materials
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