Dielectric Materials for Energy Storage and Energy Harvesting Devices

As the demand for energy harvesting and storage devices grows, this book will be valuable for researchers to learn about the most current achievements in this sector.

Sustainable development systems are centered on three pillars: economic development, environmental stewardship, and social. One of the ideas established to achieve balance between these pillars is to minimize the usage of nonrenewable energy sources. Harvesting energy from the surrounding environment and converting it into electrical power is one viable solution to this problem. In recent years, there has been a surge in the development of new energy generation technologies such as solar, wind, and thermal energy to replace fossil fuel energy supplies with cleaner renewable ones. Energy harvesting systems have emerged as a key study topic and are rapidly expanding.

Dr. Shailendra Rajput is an Associate Professor at Xi’an International University, Xi’an, China. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Ariel University, Israel, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. Dr. Rajput is also affiliated with Ariel University, Israel as Research Fellow. Dr. Rajput received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar, India in 2006 and 2008, respectively. Dr. Rajput received his Ph.D. degree from the Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India in 2014. His main research work is associated with energy harvesting, solar energy, energy storage, energy materials, ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, and biomedical application of electromagnetic waves.

Dr. Sabyasachi Parida, Ph.D. (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi), is Associate Professor, Department of Physics, C.V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. He is the recipient of the International Centre for Diffraction Data Certificate award, USA and Young Research Award, IISc, India. He has managed a SERB-DST India funded project and produced more than 20 papers for SCI journals. His area of research is experimental condensed matter physics.

Dr. Abhishek Sharma received his bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from ITM-Gwalior, India, in 2012, and his Master’s degree in robotics engineering from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India, in 2014. He was a Senior Research Fellow in a DST funded project under the Technology Systems Development Scheme and worked as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation, UPES. He also worked as a research fellow in Ariel university, Israel and received Emerging Scientist award in 2021. Currently he is working as a research Assistant Professor in the department of computer science and engineering (Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India). His research interests include machine learning, optimization theory, swarm intelligence, embedded system, renewable energy control and robotics.

Dr. Sonika is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, Itanagar, India. She was awarded her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. She was a Research Associate at Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India and was Post-Doctoral Fellow at Theory Division, Saah Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India. Dr. Sonika has more than 9 years of teaching and research experience. She has published several research papers in reputed international journals. She is a life member of the Indian Physics Association (IPA) and the International Academy of Physical Sciences (IAPS). Her main research work is associated with nuclear structure, nuclear reaction, accelerators, and instrumentation for nuclear physics. Her current research interests also include biodegradable polymer, advance materials, nano devices, energy harvesting, optimization techniques, and energy storage.