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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254149003321

Titolo

Polymer-Engineered Nanostructures for Advanced Energy Applications / / edited by Zhiqun Lin, Yingkui Yang, Aiqing Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-57003-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVI, 701 p. 382 illus.)

Collana

Engineering Materials and Processes, , 1619-0181

Disciplina

620.5

Soggetti

Nanotechnology

Energy storage

Engineering—Materials

Economic policy

Energy Storage

Materials Engineering

R & D/Technology Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

1.Engineering Ceramic Fiber Nanostructures through Polymer-Mediated Electrospinning -- 2.Polymer Microbead Templated Nanostructures -- 3.Nanopatterning of Functional Metallopolymers via Top-Down Approach -- 4.Organic Porous Polymer Materials: Design, Preparation and Applications -- 5.Responsive Photonic Crystals with Tunable Structural Color -- 6.Responsive Polymer Nanostructures -- 7.Polymer and Carbon-based Nanofibres for Energy Storage.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview of engineering nanostructures mediated by functional polymers in combination with optimal synthesis and processing techniques. The focus is on polymer-engineered nanostructures for advanced energy applications. It discusses a variety of polymers that function as precursors, templates, nano-reactors, surfactants, stabilizers, modifiers, dopants, and spacers for directing self-assembly, assisting organization, and templating growth of numerous diverse nanostructures. It also presents a wide range of polymer processing techniques that enable the efficient design



and optimal fabrication of nanostructured polymers, inorganics, and organic–inorganic nanocomposites using in-situ hybridization and/or ex-situ recombination methodologies. Combining state-of-the-art knowledge from polymer-guided fabrication of advanced nanostructures and their unique properties, it especially highlights the new, cutting-edge breakthroughs, future horizons, and insights into such nanostructured materials in applications such as photovoltaics, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, batteries, supercapacitors, photocatalysis, and hydrogen generation and storage. It offers an instructive and approachable guide to polymer-engineered nanostructures for further development of advanced energy materials to meet ever-increasing global energy demands. Interdisciplinary and broad perspectives from internationally respected contributors ensure this book serves as a valuable reference source for scientists, students, and engineers working in polymer science, renewable energy materials, materials engineering, chemistry, physics, surface/interface science, and nanotechnology. It is also suitable as a textbook for universities, institutes, and industrial institutions.