Meet the editors

Dr. Haider is an associate professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his MSc in 1999 and MPhil in 2004, both from the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan. He obtained a Ph.D. in 2009 from the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea. His research work focuses on the

development of biopolymer composites, polymer hydrogel, and the preparation of electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications and for the removal of hazardous materials from an aqueous medium.

Dr. Adnan Haider is an assistant professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Pakistan. He received his MSc from Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan, and obtained an MS leading into a Ph.D. from Kyungpook National University, South Korea. Dr. Haider completed a post-doctorate at Yeungnam University, South Korea. His research work focuses on the development

of scaffolds for tissue regeneration, biopolymer composites, polymer hydrogel, drug delivery systems, and preparation of electrospun nanofibers, and assessment of their potential use in biomedical applications and removal of hazardous materials from aqueous medium.

Dr. Mehdi Khodaei received his bachelor's degree in 2005 and a master's degree in 2008 from the Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran. In 2014, he obtained his Ph.D. in Nanotechnology-Materials Science from the University of Tehran, Iran. He was a visiting researcher at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea from March 2012 to June 2013. His research area is functional

nanomaterials. He is currently working as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran.

Dr. Liang Chen is an associate professor at Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His research interests focus on electrochemical energy storage and conversion. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of CAS in 2008 and completed a three-year postdoctoral training at the National Research Council Canada (2008–2011). Dr. Chen is the

author and co-author of more than thirty peer-reviewed journal articles. He served as a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association (CAS) in 2017 and was awarded the Zhuliyuehua Outstanding Doctor Award in 2008.

Contents

**Section 1**

Power Plant

*and Thorsten Derieth*

in Chalcogenide System

of Unprecedented Volatility

in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries *by Himani Gupta and Rajendra K. Singh*

**Section 2**

*by Chris Berry*

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Power Generation Batteries **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 39**

Advanced Battery Technology **49**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 63**

Bio-Electrochemical Process **83**

**Chapter 6 85**

Design of High Power Regenerative Battery Discharger System for Nuclear

Key Components in the Redox-Flow Battery: Bipolar Plates and Gaskets –

Hybrid Nature Properties of Tl10-xATe6 (A = Pb and Sn) Used as Batteries

Taming the Hydra: Funding the Lithium Ion Supply Chain in an Era

Ionic Liquid-Based Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Application

Bioelectrochemical Processes in Industrial Biotechnology

*by Venko Beschkov and Elena Razkazova-Velkova*

*by Kudiyarasan Swamynathan, N. Sthalasayanam and M. Sridevi*

Different Materials and Processing Methods for Their Usage

*by Thorsten Hickmann, Toni Adamek, Oliver Zielinski* 

*by Waqas Muhammad Khan and Wiqar Hussain Shah*
