Two-Dimensional Materials for Environmental Applications

MXenes: An emerging class of materials for environmental remediation.- Application of MXenes in Water Purification, CO2 Capture and Conversion.- Inorganic Analogues of Graphene and Their Nanocomposites for Wastewater Treatment.- Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-based Photocatalysts for Environmental Applications.- Antibacterial Properties of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials.- Graphene-Based Photocatalysts for the Elimination of Pollutants in Water.- Adsorptive Removal of Pollutants Using Graphene-Based Materials for Water Purification.- Fabrication of Advanced 2D Nanomaterials Membranes for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment.- Development of 2D Nanomaterials-based Sensors for Detection of Toxic Environmental Pollutants.- 2D Nanomaterial Photoelectrodes for Photoelectrochemical Degradation of Pollutants and Hydrogen Generation.- Advances in 2D MOFs for Environmental Applications.- Applications of MoS2 Nanostructures in Wastewater Treatment.- Two-Dimensional Metals and Metal Oxides-based Photocatalysts for Solar CO2 Conversion.- Nanoengineered 2D Materials for CO2 Capture.

Dr Neeraj Kumar is a researcher at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa. He is also visiting researcher in the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Johannesburg. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Johannesburg in 2017. His research interests are in the synthesis and processing of carbon and inorganic nanostructured materials and their nanocomposites for energy and environmental sustainability. His current research focuses on developing 2D nanomaterials such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (viz. MoS2), MXenes, g-C3N4, h-BN and 2D MOFs for environmental applications, including water and wastewater treatments, adsorption, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, clean fuels and CO2 capture and utilization.Dr Rashi Gusain received her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Science from CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, India. In 2016, she started her first Postdoc at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India and later, she joined the group of Prof. Oleg Antzutkin at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Currently, she is working with Prof. Suprakas Sinha Ray at the University of Johannesburg and also a visiting researcher at CSIR-Pretoria. Her expertise is in organic and inorganic synthesis, ionic liquids, nanomaterials, tribology, photocatalysis, CO2 capture and conversion and water purification. Her current research interest is the development of inorganic materials for photo-degradation of organic water contaminants and CO2 capture and conversion.
Professor Suprakas Sinha Ray is a chief researcher in nanostructured materials at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) with a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Calcutta in 2001 and director of the DST-CSIR Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials. Ray's current research focuses on advanced nanostructured materials and their applications. He is oneof the most active and highly cited