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Contribution of Metallic Nanomaterials in Algal Biofuel Production

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Metal and Metal Oxides for Energy and Electronics

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 55))

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Massive utilization of the fossil fuels has caused the unwanted release of many harmful pollutants to the environment. The consequent increment of the environmental pollutions has raised many environmental issues to the escalating populations. The impressing issue can be minimized by adopting alternative renewable biofuel resources. However, the bioprocessing of biofuels production such as biodiesel, bioethanol, biobutanol, biohydrogen, and biogas needs to be efficient and improved.

Nanotechnology-based metallic nanomaterials are providing tangible advancement to the process of the algal biofuel production. Metallic nanoparticles have been incorporated in various crucial steps of algal biofuel production, namely, algal harvesting, algal lipid biomass enrichment, algal cell separation, and biocatalyst carrier for performing the transesterification process. Considerable enhancement of photosynthesis, biomass, and lipid productivity in the algal is established with the incorporation of nanoparticles such as silver, magnesium, and titanium oxide. Hundred percent recovery of algal cell is achieved using magnetic metallic nanoparticle. Hundred percent of transesterification for biodiesel production is obtained using metallic nanoparticles. Thus, it may conclude with discussion that metallic nanoparticle application for biofuel production will feasible at the commercial scale.

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One of the authors (Dr. Madan Verma) is grateful to the Director, IIIT Una, Himachal Pradesh for providing the necessary facility to carried out the present work. The work reported here has been supported by grants from various agencies to Dr Madan L Verma. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE Sanction Order: No. STC/F(8)-6/2019(R&D 2019-20)-377) and Australian High Commission New Delhi (Application No. AAGS2020/82), respectively.

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Chintagunta, A.D., Kumar, A., Jeevan Kumar, S.P., Verma, M.L. (2021). Contribution of Metallic Nanomaterials in Algal Biofuel Production. In: Rajendran, S., Qin, J., Gracia, F., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Metal and Metal Oxides for Energy and Electronics. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 55. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53065-5_9

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