Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices

Provides in–depth knowledge of flexible energy conversion and storage devices covering aspects from materials to technologies

Written by leading experts on various critical issues in this emerging field, this book reviews the recent progresses on flexible energy conversion and storage devices, such as batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, and fuel cells. It introduces not only the basic principles and strategies to make a device flexible, but also the applicable materials and technologies, such as polymers, carbon materials, nanotechnologies and textile technologies. It also discusses the perspectives for different devices.

Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices contains chapters, which are all written by top researchers who have been actively working in the field to deliver recent advances in areas from materials syntheses, through fundamental principles, to device applications. It covers flexible all–solid state supercapacitors; fiber/yarn based flexible supercapacitors; flexible lithium and sodium ion batteries; flexible diversified and zinc ion batteries; flexible Mg, alkaline, silver–zinc, and lithium sulfur batteries; flexible fuel cells; flexible nanodielectric materials with high permittivity for power energy storage; flexible dye sensitized solar cells; flexible perovskite solar cells; flexible organic solar cells; flexible quantum dot–sensitized solar cells; flexible triboelectric nanogenerators; flexible thermoelectric devices; and flexible electrodes for water–splitting.

Covers the timely and innovative field of flexible devices which are regarded as the next generation of electronic devices Provides a highly application–oriented approach that covers various flexible devices used for energy conversion and storage Fosters an understanding of the scientific basis of flexible energy devices, and extends this knowledge to the development, construction, and application of functional energy systems Stimulates and advances the research and development of this intriguing field 

Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices is an excellent book for scientists, electrochemists, solid state chemists, solid state physicists, polymer chemists, and electronics engineers.

Chapter 1. Flexible all–solid state supercapacitors
Chapter 2. Fiber/yarn based flexible supercapacitors
Chapter 3. Flexible lithium ion batteries
Chapter 4. Flexible sodium ion batteries
Chapter 5. Flexible diversified batteries
5.1 Zinc ion batteries
5.2 Mg batteries
5.3 Alkaline batteries
5.4 Silver–Zinc batteries
5.5 Other flexible batteries
Chapter 6. Flexible lithium sulfur batteries
Chapter 7. Flexible fuel cells
Chapter 8. Flexible nanodielectric materials with high permittivity for power energy storage
Chapter 9. Flexible dye sensitized solar cells
Chapter 10. Flexible perovskite solar cells
Chapter 11. Flexible organic solar cells
Chapter 12. Flexible quantum dot–sensitized solar cells
Chapter 13. Flexible triboelectric nanogenerators
Chapter 14. Flexible thermoelectric devices
Chapter 15. Flexible electrodes for water–splitting

Chunyi Zhi, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science at City University of Hong Kong, China. He has published more than 150 papers and his research field is mainly about synthesis and functionalization of boron nitride nanotubes/nanosheets, polymer composites, as well as flexible/wearable energy storage devices and sensors etc. 

Liming Dai, PhD, is Kent Hale Smith Professor in Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.