Nanostructured, Functional, and Flexible Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems

Nanostructured, Functional, and Flexible Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems gathers and reviews developments within the field of nanostructured functional materials towards energy conversion and storage. Contributions from leading research groups involved in interdisciplinary research in the fields of chemistry, physics and materials science and engineering are presented. Chapters dealing with the development of nanostructured materials for energy conversion processes, including oxygen reduction, methanol oxidation, oxygen evolution, hydrogen evolution, formic acid oxidation and solar cells are discussed. The work concludes with a look at the application of nanostructured functional materials in  energy storage system, such as supercapacitors and batteries.

With its distinguished international team of expert contributors, this book will be an indispensable tool for anyone involved in the field of energy conversion and storage, including materials engineers, scientists and academics.

Covers the importance of energy conversion and storage systems and the application of nanostructured functional materials toward energy-relevant catalytic processesDiscusses the basic principles involved in energy conversion and storage systems Presents the role of nanostructured functional materials in the current scenario of energy-related research and development

1. Basic principles in energy conversion and storage 2. Nanostructured bifunctional electrocatalyst supported materials for unitized regenerative fuel cells 3. Nano Carbon: Lost cost material for perovskite solar cells 4. Development in colloidal synthesis of ternary and quaternary tin combined copper chalcogenide nanomaterials for dye-sensitized solar cells 5. Polymeric nanomaterials in fuel cell applications 6. Graphene based nanocomposite materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen generation 7. Low Dimensional Carbon Based Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications 8. Hierarchically nanostructured functional materials for artificial photosynthesis 9. New generation Titania based Catalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen generation 10. A Comprehensive Review of Nanostructured Materials: from Photocatalytic driven Hydrogen Production to Thermoelectric Devices 11. Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials for Solid State Energy Harvesting 12. Electrochemical investigation of binary metal oxides embedded conducting polymer for high performance energy storage application 13. Biomass-derived Porous carbon-based Composites for Supercapacitor Application 14. 2D Materials Based Flexible Supercapacitors for High Energy Storage Devices 15. Nanostructured transition metal sulfide (TMS) anodes for high performance sodium ion batteries 16. Emerging Anode and Cathode Functional Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries 17. Nitride Materials for Energy Applications