Carbon Based Nanomaterials for Advanced Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion presents a comprehensive overview of recent theoretical and experimental developments and prospects on carbon-based nanomaterials for thermal, solar and electrochemical energy conversion, along with their storage applications for both laboratory and industrial perspectives. Large growth in human populations has led to seminal growth in global energy consumption, hence fossil fuel usage has increased, as have unwanted greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, which results in critical environmental concerns. This book discusses this growing problem, aligning carbon nanomaterials as a solution because of their structural diversity and electronic, thermal and mechanical properties.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xiii 6. Preface - p. xvii 7. Chapter 1. Carbon nanotubes, graphene, porous carbon, and hybrid carbon-based materials: synthesis, properties, and functionalization for efficient energy storage - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Architectural design and promises of carbon materials for energy conversion and storage: in laboratory and industry - p. 25 9. Chapter 3. Characterization techniques and analytical methods of carbon-based materials for energy applications - p. 63 10. Chapter 4. Sorption-based thermal energy storage on hierarchically porous carbon foams - p. 89 11. Chapter 5. Carbon nanomaterials for thermal rectification - p. 103 12. Chapter 6. Carbon nanomaterials for thermoelectric applications - p. 121 13. Chapter 7. Enhancing semiconductor photocatalysis with carbon nanostructures for water/air purification and self-cleaning applications - p. 139 14. Chapter 8. Recent progress in carbon-based materials as catalysts for electrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting - p. 173 15. Chapter 9. Carbon nanotubes in hybrid photovoltaics: dye sensitized and perovskites solar cells - p. 201 16. Chapter 10. Materials science of multifunctional supercapacitors based on nanocarbon networks - p. 249 17. Chapter 11. Carbon nanomaterials for rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries - p. 279 18. Chapter 12. Carbon nanomaterials for metal–air batteries - p. 311 19. Chapter 13. Carbon nanomaterials for advanced lithium and sodium-ion batteries - p. 335 20. Chapter 14. Carbon-based integrated devices for efficient photo-energy conversion and storage - p. 357 21. Chapter 15. Carbonaceous materials for efficient electrocatalysis - p. 375 22. Chapter 16. Automated energy storage using carbon nanostructured materials - p. 395 23. Chapter 17. Atomic simulation of carbon nanomaterials for energy application - p. 411 24. Chapter 18. Prospects of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion - p. 423 25. Index - p. 431
Carbon Based Nanomaterials for Advanced Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion presents a comprehensive overview of recent theoretical and experimental developments and prospects on carbon-based nanomaterials for thermal, solar and electrochemical energy conversion, along with their storage applications for both laboratory and industrial perspectives. Large growth in human populations has led to seminal growth in global energy consumption, hence fossil fuel usage has increased, as have unwanted greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, which results in critical environmental concerns. This book discusses this growing problem, aligning carbon nanomaterials as a solution because of their structural diversity and electronic, thermal and mechanical properties.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xiii 6. Preface - p. xvii 7. Chapter 1. Carbon nanotubes, graphene, porous carbon, and hybrid carbon-based materials: synthesis, properties, and functionalization for efficient energy storage - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Architectural design and promises of carbon materials for energy conversion and storage: in laboratory and industry - p. 25 9. Chapter 3. Characterization techniques and analytical methods of carbon-based materials for energy applications - p. 63 10. Chapter 4. Sorption-based thermal energy storage on hierarchically porous carbon foams - p. 89 11. Chapter 5. Carbon nanomaterials for thermal rectification - p. 103 12. Chapter 6. Carbon nanomaterials for thermoelectric applications - p. 121 13. Chapter 7. Enhancing semiconductor photocatalysis with carbon nanostructures for water/air purification and self-cleaning applications - p. 139 14. Chapter 8. Recent progress in carbon-based materials as catalysts for electrochemical and photocatalytic water splitting - p. 173 15. Chapter 9. Carbon nanotubes in hybrid photovoltaics: dye sensitized and perovskites solar cells - p. 201 16. Chapter 10. Materials science of multifunctional supercapacitors based on nanocarbon networks - p. 249 17. Chapter 11. Carbon nanomaterials for rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries - p. 279 18. Chapter 12. Carbon nanomaterials for metal–air batteries - p. 311 19. Chapter 13. Carbon nanomaterials for advanced lithium and sodium-ion batteries - p. 335 20. Chapter 14. Carbon-based integrated devices for efficient photo-energy conversion and storage - p. 357 21. Chapter 15. Carbonaceous materials for efficient electrocatalysis - p. 375 22. Chapter 16. Automated energy storage using carbon nanostructured materials - p. 395 23. Chapter 17. Atomic simulation of carbon nanomaterials for energy application - p. 411 24. Chapter 18. Prospects of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion - p. 423 25. Index - p. 431
