Recent Progress of Electrochemical Energy Devices: Metal Oxide–Carbon Nanocomposites as Materials for Next-Generation Chemical Storage for Renewable Energy

With the importance of sustainable energy, resources, and environmental issues, interest in metal oxides increased significantly during the past several years owing to their high theoretical capacity and promising use as electrode materials for electrochemical energy devices. However, the low electrical conductivity of metal oxides and their structural instability during cycling can degrade the battery performance. To solve this problem, studies on carbon/metal-oxide composites were carried out. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the characteristics (chemical, physical, electrical, and structural properties) of such composites by categorizing the structure of carbon in different dimensions and discuss their application toward electrochemical energy devices. In particular, one-, two-, and three-dimensional (1D, 2D, and 3D) carbon bring about numerous advantages to a carbon/metal-oxide composite owing to the unique characteristics of each dimension.

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Zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional nanostructured materials for advanced electrochemical energy devices

Progress in Materials Science ◽

10.1016/j.pmatsci.2011.08.003 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 724-803 ◽

Cited By ~ 504

Author(s):

Jitendra N. Tiwari ◽

Rajanish N. Tiwari ◽

Kwang S. Kim

Keyword(s):

Nanostructured Materials ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Energy Devices ◽

Electrochemical Energy

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Study of Supercapacitors Based on Nanomaterial’s of Novel Architectures

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.733.680 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 733 ◽

pp. 680-683

Author(s):

Ya Rong He

Keyword(s):

Energy Source ◽

Electrode Materials ◽

Discharge Rate ◽

Structural Instability ◽

Storage Device ◽

Design Synthesis ◽

Energy Devices ◽

New Energy ◽

And Performance ◽

Performance Research

Sustainable exploration and use of energy source depend on discovery of new energy source and development of novel energy devices. As a kind of energy storage device, supercapacitors have many advantages over conventional batteries: high power density, long cycling stability, fast charge-discharge rate and being environment friendly. However, common problems involved with nanomaterials such as bad structural continuity, conglomeration and structural instability have restricted their application in supercapacitors. We have conducted the design, synthesis and performance research of the electrode materials containing. We demonstrate the above composite materials have wide prospect for application in the supercapacitors as well as other similar fields.

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Binary metal oxide: advanced energy storage materials in supercapacitors

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c4ta04996a ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 43-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 300

Author(s):

Yufei Zhang ◽

Laiquan Li ◽

Haiquan Su ◽

Wei Huang ◽

Xiaochen Dong

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Transition Metal ◽

Metal Oxide ◽

Metal Oxides ◽

Transition Metal Oxides ◽

Electrode Materials ◽

Electronic Conductivity ◽

Reversible Capacity ◽

Energy Storage Materials ◽

Binary Metal Oxide

Binary transition metal oxides (BTMOs) possess higher reversible capacity, better structural stability and electronic conductivity, and have been widely studied to be novel electrode materials for supercapacitors.

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Carbon/Metal Oxide Composites as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors Applications

Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.11228-7 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Qaisar Abbas ◽

Abdul G. Olabi ◽

Rizwan Raza ◽

Des Gibson

Keyword(s):

Metal Oxide ◽

Electrode Materials ◽

Oxide Composites

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Metal-organic framework-derived metal oxide nanoparticles@reduced graphene oxide composites as cathode materials for rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-019-50156-6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Kaiqiang Zhang ◽

Tae Hyung Lee ◽

Joo Hwan Cha ◽

Ho Won Jang ◽

Ji-Won Choi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Graphene Oxide ◽

Metal Oxide ◽

Metal Oxides ◽

Reduced Graphene Oxide ◽

Cathode Materials ◽

Electrode Materials ◽

Great Success ◽

Discharge Process ◽

Aluminium Ion ◽

Reduced Graphene

Abstract The use of metal oxides as electrode materials has seen great success in lithium-ion batteries. However, this type of electrode materials has been regarded as an improper option for rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries (AIBs) in comparison with sulfides and selenides, and has, thus, been nearly abandoned. Here, we demonstrate the suitability of metal oxides as cathode materials of AIBs, exhibiting high electrochemical activities toward Al-ion storage. We designed economical metal-oxide cathodes (Co3O4@reduced graphene oxide (rGO), Fe2O3@rGO, and CoFe2O4@rGO) for AIBs. The Co3O4@rGO displayed superior electrochemical properties, regarding both capacity and lifespan, to the current state-of-the-art cathode material reported by scientific literature. Furthermore, the CoFe2O4@rGO exhibits rational electrochemical capacities and an extremely stable charge/discharge process with an excellent Coulombic efficiency of 99.6%. The proposed study expects to stimulate researchers to focus on the overlooked metal oxides as competitive cathode materials for high performance AIBs.

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