Flow Batteries

Flow Batteries presents a comprehensive examination of this critical energy storage technology at the forefront of renewable energy integration.

Compiling all the major topics in one book, chapters are authored by experts in energy areas, providing state-of-the-art information about flow batteries, their challenges, and applications. Detailed coverage is given to the chemistry and electrochemical characteristics of flow batteries, as well as offering insight into tuning the properties of redox-active materials to improve their electrochemical performances. It provides new directions to scientists, researchers, and students to better understand the principles, technologies, and challenges in flow batteries.

This is a timely resource for students studying materials science, as well as for researchers working in the green energy, materials, and nanotechnology industries.

Author Biography

Dr. Ram K. Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta’s research focuses on conducting polymers and composites, green energy production and storage using biowastes and nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, bio-based polymers, flame-retardant polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, corrosion inhibiting coatings, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles, made over 300 national, international, and regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, edited many books, and written several book chapters. He has received over two and a half million dollars for research and educational activities from many funding agencies. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and editorial board member of numerous journals.