2D Semiconductors for Environmental Remediation

本書全面描述了2D半導體的各個方面，包括其合成、表面科學、特徵化以及在環境修復中的相關應用，包括空氣和水的淨化、油水分離、氫氣生產和二氧化碳去除。

Honey John obtained her Ph.D. from Cochin University of Science and Technology (Kerala, India) in 2004. She joined the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, in 2007, as a reader and worked to the grade of Associate Professor. In 2015, she re-joined the Department of PS&RT, CUSAT as a professor. In 2017, she became the honorary Director of Inter University Centre for Nanomaterials and Devices, CUSAT. Her current research areas are triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators, 2D nanoscrolls with magnetic nanoparticles, photocatalytic self-cleaning materials, hydrogen production, aerogels for supercapacitors and pollutant removal, magnetoplasmonics and green tires. Prof. Honey has a strong research background in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, and Polymer Technology, for over 18 years. Her research team has recently innovated novel materials as energy-harvesting triboelectric nanogenerators, alongside developing a novel wet chemical approach to synthesize 2D nanoscrolls. Her research interests also critically span over the development of magnetic hybrids, supercapacitors from functional materials, semiconductors for photocatalytic/ electrocatalytic hydrogen production and CO2 reduction to value-added fuels, self-cleaning materials and coatings, conducting polymers, development of green tires, synthesis of polymeric aerogels for pollutant removal, and organic/inorganic nanohybrids for optical/electrical/sensor applications. She has one granted patent (three filed and under evaluation), 65 high-impact refereed journal publications, 15 international book chapters, and more than 70 international/national conference papers to her credit. She has received about ₹ 1.65 Cr. research grants to support her work. Currently, she is also the principal coordinator of CUSAT for the advanced research in "Tactical Oceanography, Modern Sensors, Signal Processing and Telemetry"--a funded project (₹ 1.83 Cr.) by DRDO, India. She is a reviewer of many international journals, including ACS, RSC, Elsevier, Wiley, and Taylor and Francis. She has signed MoU with different autonomous bodies of Govt. of Kerala and many polymer industries. Prof. Honey is a resource person for many international/ national conferences, refresher courses, and expert member/chairperson of many Ph.D. evaluation committees of many central/Kerala universities, University exam/interview boards, etc. She holds many administrative responsibilities in CUSAT and is a Board of Studies Member of many colleges and the departments in CUSAT.

Nisha T. Padmanabhan Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research, St. Teresa's College (Autonomous), Ernakulam, pursued her doctorate in 2021 from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala, India. She earned her Masters in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2012, and Bachelors in Education in 2014. Her interests are on developing 2D nanomaterials, especially graphene, borophene, MoS2, and MXenes, for energy and environment-related applications. She is focused to develop, evaluate and demonstrate the performance of cost-effective electrodes or/and photoelectrodes for electrocatalytic/ photoelectrocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production and conversion of CO2 to desired chemical feedstocks, along with the development of photocatalytic membranes and aerogels for water purification, crystal/phase engineering, and electrospun nanofibers for triboelectric nanogeneration.

Jith C. Janardhanan obtained bachelor and master degree in Chemistry from the University of Calicut, India. He received Ph.D. in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India in 2019. After a short stay at CSIR-NIIST, he joined CUSAT as a postdoctoral researcher. His current research interest focus on the development of novel methods for the synthesis of small organic molecules and heterocycles, development of color-tunable fluorescent organic dyes and its applications, development of 2D-layered materials for supercapacitor, hydrogen evolution, and heavy metal adsorption studies.

Sona Stanly pursued her doctoral degree in Polymer Technology from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2021. She was an ad-hoc faculty member in the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, CUSAT, from 2010 to 2017 and joined the Department of Technical Education, Government of Kerala in 2019 as a lecturer in Polymer Technology. She is presently Assistant Professor at Govt. Polytechnic College, Koratty, Thrissur. Her research interests are in 2D materials, especially graphene, clays, hybrids, and polymer composites for environmental remediation.

Honey John於2004年獲得印度喀拉拉邦科欽科技大學（Cochin University of Science and Technology, CUSAT）博士學位。她於2007年加入印度太空科學與技術研究所（Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, IIST），擔任講師，並晉升至副教授職位。2015年，她重新加入CUSAT的PS&RT系，擔任教授。2017年，她成為CUSAT納米材料與器件跨大學中心的名譽主任。她目前的研究領域包括摩擦電和壓電納米發電機、含磁性納米顆粒的2D納米卷、光催化自清潔材料、氫氣生產、用於超級電容器和污染物去除的氣凝膠、磁等離子體學和綠色輪胎。Honey教授在材料科學、化學工程和聚合物技術方面擁有超過18年的強大研究背景。她的研究團隊最近創新了作為能量收集的摩擦電納米發電機的新材料，並開發了一種新型濕化學方法來合成2D納米卷。她的研究興趣還包括開發磁性混合物、從功能材料製作的超級電容器、用於光催化/電催化氫氣生產和二氧化碳還原為增值燃料的半導體、自清潔材料和塗層、導電聚合物、綠色輪胎的開發、用於污染物去除的聚合物氣凝膠的合成，以及用於光學/電氣/傳感器應用的有機/無機納米混合物。她擁有一項已授權的專利（三項已申請並在評估中），65篇高影響力的同行評審期刊論文，15篇國際書籍章節，以及70多篇國際/國內會議論文。她獲得了約1.65億印度盧比的研究資助以支持她的工作。目前，她也是CUSAT在“戰術海洋學、現代傳感器、信號處理和遙測”方面的主要協調人，該項目由印度國防研究與發展組織（DRDO）資助，金額為1.83億印度盧比。她是多本國際期刊的審稿人，包括ACS、RSC、Elsevier、Wiley和Taylor and Francis。她與喀拉拉邦政府的不同自治機構及多家聚合物產業簽署了諒解備忘錄。Honey教授是多個國際/國內會議、進修課程的資源人員，並擔任多所中央/喀拉拉大學的博士評估委員會的專家成員/主席等多項職務。她在CUSAT擔任多項行政職責，並是多所學院及CUSAT各系的學術委員會成員。

Nisha T. Padmanabhan是聖特蕾莎學院（St. Teresa's College, Autonomous）化學系及研究中心的助理教授，於2021年在印度喀拉拉邦科欽科技大學獲得博士學位。她於2012年獲得甘地大學的化學碩士學位，並於2014年獲得教育學士學位。她的研究興趣在於開發2D納米材料，特別是石墨烯、硼烯、MoS2和MXenes，應用於能源和環境相關領域。她專注於開發、評估和展示成本效益高的電極或光電極在電催化/光電催化水分解中氫氣生產及二氧化碳轉化為所需化學原料的性能，並開發光催化膜和氣凝膠以進行水淨化、晶體/相工程，以及用於摩擦電納米發電的電紡納米纖維。

Jith C. Janardhanan在印度卡利卡特大學獲得化學學士和碩士學位。他於2019年在印度科欽科技大學獲得化學（有機化學）博士學位。在CSIR-NIIST短暫工作後，他加入CUSAT擔任博士後研究員。他目前的研究興趣集中在小有機分子和雜環的合成新方法的開發上。