Graphene-based materials for energy applications

Accelerating global energy consumption makes the development of clean and renewable alternative energy sources indispensable. Nanotechnology opens up new frontiers in materials science and engineering to meet this energy challenge by creating new materials, particularly carbon nanomaterials, for eff...

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Published inMRS bulletin Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 1265 - 1272
Main Authors Liu, Jun, Xue, Yuhua, Zhang, Mei, Dai, Liming
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.12.2012
Springer International Publishing
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
Applied and Technical Physics
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Clean energy
Energy consumption
Energy conversion
Energy Materials
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Functionalities
Graphene
Lithium-ion batteries
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Photovoltaic cells
R&D
Rechargeable batteries
Research & development
Solar cells
nanoscale
energetic material
C
energy generation
energy storage
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Summary:Accelerating global energy consumption makes the development of clean and renewable alternative energy sources indispensable. Nanotechnology opens up new frontiers in materials science and engineering to meet this energy challenge by creating new materials, particularly carbon nanomaterials, for efficient energy conversion and storage. Since the Nobel Prize winning research on graphene by Geim and Novoselov, considerable efforts have been made to exploit graphene as an energy material, and tremendous progress has been achieved in developing high-performance devices for energy conversion and energy storage. This article reviews recent progress in the research and development of graphene materials for advanced energy-conversion devices, including solar cells and fuel cells, and energy-storage devices, including supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, and discusses some challenges in this exciting field.
ISSN:0883-7694
1938-1425
DOI:10.1557/mrs.2012.179