Bio-waste-derived Carbon Materials and their Applications, especially as Sensors

Bio-waste-derived Carbon Materials and their Applications Especially as Sensors highlights the role of carbon nanomaterials as bio-(sensors) in several fields, presenting key achievements to date in the areas of biosensor-based diagnostics and environmental applications. The book brings together the knowledge of key researchers from different areas of biosensors research, including an explanation of biomass carbonization by pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods, and its use as a cost-effective strategy for fabrication of electrodes for biosensing applications, along with a comparison of synthetic and bio-derived carbon materials and discussion of various techniques used to improve the surface properties of carbon nanomaterials to enhance the electrocatalytic behaviour of working electrodes. The book highlights the promising technology of biosensors in the field of health care and the environment and explains the methods available, presenting current strategies and future perspectives for bio-(sensor) based diagnosis using carbon materials as sensing materials.

SECTION 1 - FUNDAMENTALS 1. Bio-derived Carbon-based materials: An Introduction to synthesis, Properties and their applications 2. Bio-waste derived carbon as electrode materials for various applications 3. Cellulosic precursors: Porous properties of char and activated carbons SECTION 2 - ENERGY APPLICATIONS 4. Carbon based nanomaterials prepared from biowaste for photocatalytic sensors 5. Bio-derived carbon quantum dots for fluorescence sensors 6. Porous carbon synthesised from bio-waste for fuel cells Applications 7. Porous carbon synthesised from bio-waste for supercapacitor and energy storage applications 8. Porous carbon synthesised from bio-waste for battery applications SECTION 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING 9. Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Materials for Environmental Applications 10. Mesoporous carbon materials from biowaste for pollutant sensing and removal 11. Mesoporous and Macroporous carbons as electrode material for electrochemical sensing SECTION 4 - BIOMEDICAL SENSING 12. Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Determination of Hormones Using Carbon nanomaterials 13. Bio-derived mesoporous carbon nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and imaging applications 14. Bio-waste derived carbon-based materials for electronic bio-sensing SECTION 5 - CHALLENGES AND FUTURE 15. Challenges and future of Bio-waste derived carbon materials