Jain University, officially JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), is a private deemed-to-be-university located in Bangalore, India. Originating from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, it was conferred the deemed-to-be-university status in 2009.
Artificial intelligence, digitalisation, hybrid work, and uncertainty are reshaping how work is performed and experienced. These developments may improve productivity, but they may also intensify cognitive overload, technostress, surveillance, social fragmentation and loss of meaning. This chapter reframes the future of work as a socio-emotional ecosystem in which flourishing depends on alignment across six dimensions: emotional, cognitive, social, cultural, biological and technological. Drawing on the JD-R model, socio-technical thinking, POS, work-design research, and evidence on stress and neuroplasticity. The chapter examines how these areas interact. Evidence on generative AI and algorithmic management highlights technology as a resource and demand. Treats neuroscience claims cautiously, distinguishing established findings from propositions requiring testing. Corporate examples illustrate applications. Concludes with principles for psychologically safe, sustainable work, along with limitations and a research agenda.
Among a plethora of tactics, the electrochemical CO2-reduction method (ECO2RR) is a promising pathway to mitigate CO2 emissions and generate value-added chemicals simultaneously. Herein, a bimetallic NiO-HfO2-1 heterojunction catalyst was designed via the co-precipitation method, where the interfacial combination of NiO and HfO2 yields the remarkable synergistic effect due to strengthened interaction. The intrinsic structural and electronic properties were characterised using spectroscopic and analytical techniques. The as-designed catalyst was used as an electrode material for electrochemical analysis. NiO-HfO2-1 catalyst demonstrated a high current density (-33.68 mAcm- 2), a low overpotential and a low Tafel slope (83.38 mV dec-1), indicating that charge transfer through the electrode surface. An M-S plot gave evidence for the n-type semiconducting nature and the position of the band edges for the reduction of CO2. The catalyst was selective for formic acid with a Faradaic efficiency of over 96.08% in a long-term electrolysis test. The DFT computations promoted the experimental studies by showing that the NiO-HfO2-1 heterojunction interface is adept at lowering the energy barrier for CO2 activation. The combination of experimental electrochemical analysis, and DFT validation, which is used here to map the mechanistic route, reveals an intriguing catalyst design for sustainable energy conversion.
A hierarchically porous Sb2O3-Bi2O3 (AO-BiO) nano-leaf architecture was synthesized directly onto a nickel-foam via a simple in situ chemical route and explored as a multifunctional electrode for energy storage and water splitting applications. The synergistic coupling between Sb2O3 and Bi2O3, together with abundant oxygen vacancies and an open three-dimensional framework, enables rapid ion/electron transport and enhanced redox activity. As a symmetric supercapacitor electrode, AO-BiO delivers a high specific capacitance of 1738 F g-1 at 5 A g-1, an energy density of 149 Wh kg-1 at a power density of 9540 W kg-1, and 78% specific capacitance retention after 10 000 cycles. In addition, the AO-BiO electrode exhibits excellent bifunctional electrocatalytic activity for overall water splitting, requiring low overpotentials of 248 mV (OER) and 112 mV (HER) at 10 mA cm-2, with stable operation over 40 h. These results demonstrate a clear structure-property-performance relationship and highlight Sb2O3-Bi2O3 nanostructures as promising and durable electrodes for integrated energy storage and hydrogen production benefits.
As a Paradigm, the strategic integration of CO2 over an electrochemical reduction approach has become an enticing intellectual fulcrum area. This particular work involves the in-situ synthesis of CeO2 and MoO3 supported on activated carbon cloth (CeO2-MoO3@ACC-1) developed via an in situ hydrothermal method. The intrinsic features of the designed bimetallic oxide catalyst were investigated leveraging several analytical and spectroscopic methods. The CeO2-MoO3@ACC-1 catalyst is offered as an electrocatalyst for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formic acid. The proposed electrode material has a high current density (-55.13 mA cm-2), low overpotential (-0.78 V), and low Tafel slope value (46.43 mV dec-1), implying improved reaction kinetics. The designed catalyst exhibits strong selectivity for formic acid, with a faradaic efficiency of 90.30% at 1.3 V vs. RHE and improved stability over 3 h. The developed catalyst's superior electrocatalytic efficiency is reinforced by an intensive study of its microstructural characteristics using theoretical calculations. The UV-Visible measurement estimated the band gap of 2.35 eV, while Mott-Schottky characterizations identified the semiconductor type as n-type with a flat-band potential of 0.225 V, indicating good band edge positioning for effective CO2 conversion. The catalyst reveals a small crystalline size (12.5 nm), which promotes surface area and active sites that causes considerable atomic deviation and dislocation density, indicating a greater defect concentration. In a nutshell, results suggest a plausible reaction mechanism of electrochemical CO2 reduction, which steers the reaction pathway to formic acid, highlighting the potential of this catalyst for sustainable energy conversion.
The present work focuses on fabricating asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) using AC from coir fiber as the anode and nickel-cobalt double-layered hydroxide (NC-LDH) as the cathode material. The kinetic study of AC and NC-LDH was examined using a power law relationship and the Dunn model. The AC electrode showed a dominant surface-controlled charge storage mechanism of about 99.76%, with a very minimal diffusion-controlled process. The NC-LDH electrode exhibited the predominance of a pseudocapacitive process, with diffusion and surface-controlled charge storage mechanisms of about 93.50% and 6.49%, respectively. The surface areas of AC and NC-LDH were found to be 1330 and 52 m2/g, with total pore volumes of 0.81 and 0.38 cm3/g, respectively. The AC and NC-LDH demonstrated specific capacitances of 294 F/g and 586 F/g at current densities of 1 and 0.5 A/g, respectively, showing good cyclic performance and Coulombic efficiencies of about 99.61% and 98.96% over 5000 cycles in a three-electrode system. An asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) device was fabricated, which displayed both diffusion- and surface-controlled processes of about 81.63 and 18.36% at a scan rate of 50 mV/s, and delivered a specific capacitance of 125.4 F/g at 0.5 A/g, offering an energy density of about 34 Wh/kg at a power density of 1300 W/kg. The device exhibited superior long-term cyclic stability, showing 92.38% capacitive retention and 99.85% Coulombic efficiency after 20,000 prolonged charge-discharge cycles. Thus, the kinetic study of the ASC device underscores the synergistic combination of AC and NC-LDH, thereby improving electrochemical performance through dual mechanisms (nonfaradaic and faradaic), which aid in increasing the overall capacitance of the ASC device.
