New Generation of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788743807971)

Dr. G.K. Prashanth, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru-562157, obtained his B.Sc. degree with 2nd place and his M.Sc. degree with 3rd rank and gold medals from the University of Mysore, Mysuru. He obtained M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry. He has over 17 years of teaching experience. His research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials, their characterization, and biological applications, crystallography and environmental Chemistry. He has several scientific research publications in various reputed international journals, as well as textbooks, book chapters, and patent publications to his credit.

Dr. Hemantkumar N. Akolkar, PhD, is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Rayat Shikshan Sanstha's Abasaheb Marathe Arts and New Commerce Science College, Maharashtra, India. He is an acclaimed academician and researcher who has worked for the last 14 years at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published 55+ research papers in national and international journals and conferences of repute. His areas of interest are heterocyclic chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, and green chemistry. He is a reviewer of several journals of international repute in chemistry.

Dr. A. K. Haghi is a Professor Emeritus of Engineering Sciences and has published 250+ academic research-oriented books and 1000+ research papers in various journals and conference proceedings. His leadership in academic publishing includes founding and serving as Editor-in-Chief of prestigious journals. Professor Haghi's extensive educational background and supervisory roles underscore his expertise and contributions to the field of engineering sciences. He is currently Honorary Research Associate (HRA) at University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Dr. Srilatha Rao, Ph.D, Department of Chemistry, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru-560 064 has made her research contributions in the field of plant extracts and energy-efficient water purification and desalination. She has published in scholarly journals of international repute. Dr. Rao acquired a doctoral degree and postgraduate degree in Chemistry from Mangalore University, Karnataka. She has over 24 years of teaching and research experience. She was selected for the prestigious VGST Fellowship, from Vision Group Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka in the year 2018: A research project titled "Synthesis of proteins and its effect on nanomembranes" AICTE, Govt. of India. As an investigator, she successfully guided a VTU-funded research project. She is a member of the ECSI, IISc Bangalore, India.