Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributing authors -- Part I: Nanocarbon building blocks -- 1. A short introduction on carbon nanotubes / Gebhardt, Paul / Eder, Dominik -- 2. Synthesis, characterisation and properties of graphene / Paton, Keith -- 3. Functionalization of carbon nanotubes / Melchionna, Michele / Prato, Maurizio -- 4. The importance of defects and dopants within carbon nanomaterials during the fabrication of polymer composites / Vega-Diaz, S.M. / López, F. Tristán / Morelos-Gómez, A. / Cruz-Silva, R. / Terrones, M. -- Part II: Synthesis and characterisation of hybrids -- 5. Synthesis strategies of nanocarbon hybrids / Shearer, Cameron J. / Eder, Dominik -- 6. Graphene and its hybrids with inorganic nanoparticles, polymers and other materials / Rao, C.N.R. / Ramakrishna Matte, H.S.S. / Maitra, Urmimala -- 7. Sustainable carbon hybrid materials made by hydrothermal carbonization and their use in energy applications / Antonietti, Markus / Zhao, Li / Titirici, Maria-Magdalena -- 8. Nanocarbon-based composites / Vilatela, Juan J. -- 9. Carbon-Carbon Composites / Schlögl, Robert -- 10. Graphite oxide-MOF hybrid materials / Bandosz, Teresa J. -- Part III: Applications of nanocarbon hybrids -- 11. Batteries/Supercapacitors: Hybrids with CNTs / Su, Dang Sheng -- 12. Graphene-metal oxide hybrids for lithium ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors / Wu, Zhong-Shuai / Feng, Xinliang / Müllen, Klaus -- 13. Nanocarbons for field emission devices / Robertson, John -- 14. Carbon, carbon hybrids and composites for polymer electrolyte fuel cells / Trogadas, Panagiotis / Strasser, Peter -- 15. Nanocarbon materials for heterogeneous catalysis / Frank, Benjamin -- 16. Advanced photocatalytic materials by nanocarbon hybrid materials / Centi, Gabriele / Perathoner, Siglinda -- 17. Electrochromic and photovoltaic applications of nanocarbon hybrids / Di, Jiangtao / Zhao, Zhigang / Li, Qingwen -- 18. Carbon nanomaterials as integrative components in dye-sensitized solar cells / Costa, Rubén D. / Guldi, Dirk M. -- 19. Importance of edge atoms / Radovic, Ljubisa R. -- Index |