Allen Apblett

Editor of "Sustainable Materials and Green Processing for Energy Conversion"

January 10, 2022

Allen Apblett received a B.S. (Honours) degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1984 and a Ph.D. from The University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr. Tristam Chivers in 1989. He was awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship that he took up at Harvard University in Dr. Andrew Barron’s research group. In 1991 he became an Assistant Professor at Tulane University and then moved to Oklahoma State University in 1997 where he is a Professor. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Ceramic Society, and the National Academy of Inventors. He is also an Izaac Walton Killam Fellow. Among the awards that that he has received are the Oklahoma Chemist of the Year, EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award, ACS Environmental Division Certificate of Merit, Oklahoma State University Faculty Entrepreneur of the Year and the Governor General of Canada’s Medal.

"Sustainable Materials and Green Processing for Energy Conversion" provides a concise reference on green processing and synthesis of materials required for the next generation of devices used in renewable energy conversion and storage. The book covers the processing of bio-organic materials, environmentally-friendly organic and inorganic sources of materials, synthetic green chemistry, bioresorbable and transient properties of functional materials, and the concept of sustainable material design. The book features chapters by worldwide experts and is an important reference for students, researchers, and engineers interested in gaining extensive knowledge concerning green processing of sustainable, green functional materials for next generation energy devices. Additionally, functional materials used in energy devices must also be able to degrade and decompose with minimum energy after being disposed of at their end-of-life. Environmental pollution is one of the global crises that endangers the life cycles of living things. There are multiple root causes of this pollution, including industrialization that demands a huge supply of raw materials for the production of products related to meeting the demands of the Internet-of-Things. As a result, improvement of material and product life cycles by incorporation of green, sustainable principles is essential to address this challenging issue.

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Last Updated: 7 February 2022