Carbon nanomaterials for advanced energy systems : advances in materials synthesis and device applications / edited by Wen Lu, Jong-Beom Baek, Liming Dai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baek, Jong-Beom, editor.

Dai, Liming, 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric batteries--Materials.

Electric batteries.

Energy harvesting--Materials.

Energy harvesting.

Fullerenes.

Nanostructured materials.

Carbon nanotubes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (600 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.

Summary:

"With the proliferation of electronic devices, the world will need to double its energy supply by 2050. This book addresses this challenge and discusses synthesis and characterization of carbon nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""TITLE PAGE""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS""; ""PREFACE""; ""PART I: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""1 FULLERENES, HIGHER FULLERENES, AND THEIR HYBRIDS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""1.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""1.2 FULLERENE, HIGHER FULLERENES, AND NANOHYBRIDS: STRUCTURES AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""1.3 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION""; ""1.4 ENERGY APPLICATIONS""; ""1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FULLERENE SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 CARBON NANOTUBES""

""2.1 SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES""""2.2 CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOTUBES""; ""2.3 SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHENE""; ""3.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""3.2 OVERVIEW OF GRAPHENE SYNTHESIS METHODOLOGIES""; ""3.3 GRAPHENE CHARACTERIZATIONS""; ""3.4 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 DOPING CARBON NANOMATERIALS WITH HETEROATOMS""; ""4.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""4.2 LOCAL BONDING OF THE DOPANTS""; ""4.3 SYNTHESIS OF HETERODOPED NANOCARBONS""; ""4.4 CHARACTERIZATION OF HETERODOPED NANOTUBES AND GRAPHENE""; ""4.5 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS""; ""4.6 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK""

""REFERENCES""""PART II: CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION""; ""5 HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER SOLAR CELLS CONTAINING CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""5.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""5.2 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES""; ""5.3 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS CHARGE EXTRACTION LAYERS""; ""5.4 CARBON NANOMATERIALS IN THE ACTIVE LAYER""; ""5.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 GRAPHENE FOR ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND ITS PRINTABLE APPLICATIONS""; ""6.1 INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHENE""; ""6.2 ENERGY HARVESTING FROM SOLAR CELLS""; ""6.3 OPV DEVICES""; ""6.4 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES""

""6.5 SUPERCAPACITORS""""6.6 GRAPHENE INKS""; ""6.7 CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 QUANTUM DOT AND HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS CONTAINING CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""7.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""7.2 QD SOLAR CELLS CONTAINING CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""7.3 CARBON NANOMATERIAL/SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS""; ""7.4 SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 FUEL CELL CATALYSTS BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""8.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""8.2 NANOCARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYSTS""; ""8.3 INTERFACE INTERACTION BETWEEN Pt CLUSTERS AND GRAPHITIC SURFACE""; ""8.4 CARBON CATALYST""; ""REFERENCES""

""PART III: CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE""""9 SUPERCAPACITORS BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""9.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""9.2 SUPERCAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE""; ""9.3 NANOPOROUS CARBON""; ""9.4 GRAPHENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES""; ""9.5 NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON COMPOSITES""; ""9.6 OTHER COMPOSITES WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""9.7 CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""10 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS""; ""10.1 INTRODUCTION""; ""10.2 IMPROVING LI-ION BATTERY ENERGY DENSITY""; ""10.3 IMPROVEMENTS TO LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES USING CARBON NANOMATERIALS""

""10.4 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS CONDUCTIVE ADDITIVES""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118981023

1118981022

9781118981016

1118981014

OCLC:

912045405