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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828392203321

Titolo

Nanocarbon-inorganic hybrids : next generation composites for sustainable energy applications / / edited by Dominik Eder, Robert Schlögl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-5231-0462-7

3-11-026987-2

3-11-037788-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (556 p.)

Disciplina

621.31028/4

Soggetti

Renewable energy sources - Research

Nanostructured materials - Research

Composite materials - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Nanocarbon-Inorganic Hybrids is dedicated exclusively to the new family of functional materials, covering a multidisciplinary research field that combines materials science, chemistry and physics with nanotechnology and applied energy science. It provides a concise introduction into fundamental principles of nanocarbons, defines hybrids and composites, explains the physics behind sustainability, and illustrates requirements for successful implementation in energy applications. It further reviews the current research on developing concepts for designing nanocarbon hybrids, unravels mechanistic details of interfacial electron transfer processes and highlights future challenges and perspectives associated with exploiting these exciting new materials in commercial energy applications and beyond. This comprehensively written book is indispensable for Master and PhD students seeking to become familiar with a modern field of knowledge-driven material science as well as for senior researchers and industrial staff scientists who explore the frontiers of knowledge.