Doping mechanism directed graphene applications for energy conversion and storage

Author(s):  
Hien Trang Nguyen ◽  
Dan Yang ◽  
Bo Zhu ◽  
Han Lin ◽  
Tianyi Ma ◽  
...  

Due to ultrabroadband optical absorption, large theoretical surface area, outstanding thermal conductivity and massless electron transportation, graphene has been considered as a prospective candidate in the applications of energy conversion...

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajkumar Patel ◽  
Jung Tae Park ◽  
Madhumita Patel ◽  
Jatis Kumar Dash ◽  
E. Bhoje Gowd ◽  
...  

Transition metal based layered double hydroxides are important energy storage materials. The overall performances of the electrodes are dependent on conductivity, crystallinity, morphology, and surface area.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4401
Author(s):  
Jun Li ◽  
Lisi Jia ◽  
Longjian Li ◽  
Zehang Huang ◽  
Ying Chen

In this study, a new type of functional hybrid suspension for solar energy conversion and thermal energy storage was prepared by adding carbon nanotube (CNT) and microencapsulated phase-change material (MEPCM) into deionized water. MEPCM with octadecane as the core material and titania (TiO2) as the shell material was synthesized by the sol–gel method. The MEPCMs were spherical particles with diameters of 2–4 μm, and the thickness of the shell was about 100 nm. The MEPCM achieved better thermal stability and thermal conductivity than the pure octadecane due to the TiO2 shell. The melting and solidification latent heats of the MEPCM were about 154.24 and 154.26 J/g, respectively. The encapsulation efficiency of octadecane was calculated to be 65.84%. Most of all, the novel hybrid CNT and MEPCM suspensions exhibited remarkable dispersion stability owing to the stable reticular structure composed of CNT in the suspension. Compared with pure water, the thermal conductivity, specific heat of the MEPCM/CNT suspension improved by 34.48 and 43.57%, respectively and the photo-thermal conversion efficiency reached a high value of 86.0%. This work provided a new type of hybrid functional suspension towards direct absorption solar collector for solar energy conversion and storage.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2380
Author(s):  
Seungju Jo ◽  
Nagabandi Jayababu ◽  
Daewon Kim

An aluminum double-layered electrode (DE-Al) was successfully employed as two electrodes in a symmetrical supercapacitor (double-layered electrode symmetric SC (DE-SC)) and as a positive layer of a triboelectric nanogenerator (DE-TENG) with the aim of energy conversion and storage using a selfsame structured, self-powered flexible device. A facile water-assisted oxidation (WAO) process and metal sputtering after the WAO process can allow the electrodes to greatly improve the active surface area and the conductivity, leading to the enhancement of the electrochemical performances of a supercapacitor (SC). Particularly, this double-layered structure fabrication process is extremely less time-consuming and cost-effective. The electrochemical test of the proposed DE-Al was systematically conducted by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), along with the in-depth characterizations of the surface. From these studies, the DE-Al offers exceptional electrochemical properties compared with other structures, which were utilized as the electrodes in the polyvinyl alcohol/phosphoric acid (PVA/H3PO4) gel electrolyte. The improved performance apparently evidenced from the electrochemical tests of fabricated SC resulted from the enhanced electrical conductivity and large active surface area. The specific capacitance and cycle-life stability of the DE-SC were investigated by using a GCD analysis. Additionally, the EIS curves before and after stability test (for 3500 cycles) were obtained to prove the long-term endurance of DE-SC. A vertical contact and the separation mode of the TENG were also fabricated by using the same DE-Al as a positive layer and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as a negative layer. Finally, the fabricated SC and TENG were successfully combined using a bridge rectifier to convert and store the mechanical energy as electrical energy. This simple design and facile fabrication of a double-layered-electrode-based structure is promising for the development of an energy conversion and storage device.


1981 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1640-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Hada ◽  
Kazuchiyo Takaoka ◽  
Masahiko Saikawa ◽  
Yoshiro Yonezawa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wujun Ma ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Shaowu Pan ◽  
Yanhua Cheng ◽  
Ziyu Shao ◽  
...  

This review summarizes the achievements of fiber-shaped nanogenerators, solar cells, supercapacitors and batteries.


Author(s):  
Nayab Sheikh ◽  
Muhammad Bilal Tahir ◽  
Nisar Fatima ◽  
Muhammad Sagir ◽  
Muhammad Pervaiz ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 2000152
Author(s):  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Lakshmi Suresh ◽  
Qijie Liang ◽  
Yaoxin Zhang ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Zheng Lu ◽  
Yuan Fang ◽  
Tian Zheng ◽  
Zidong Zhang ◽  
...  

Rational construction of self-supporting electrode has been extensively investigated in energy conversion and storage. Herein, hierarchical N-doped carbon encapsulated Ni3S2 grown on 3D porous Ni foam (H-Ni3S2@NC/NF) is controllably synthesized...


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