Inorganic/graphene hybrid nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The increasing demand for energy together with the growing concerns about air pollution and global warming has stimulated intensive research on energy processes ranging from production, conversion, storage, transmission and consumption. Energy storage is to become more and more important with the gradual shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources which are temporally intermittent and geographically localized. On the other hand, electric vehicles are now a trend in the automobile industry with the goal to cut emission and reduce oil consumption. It is thus crucial to develop electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors with high specific energy and power, long cycle life, low cost and safety. We aim to design and synthesize novel nanostructured electrode materials and electrocatalysts by using chemically derived graphene sheets as growth substrates for electrochemical functional materials. The unique chemical interactions between graphene and the active nanomaterials affect the morphology and size of the nanomaterials, enhance electron transport, stabilize the nanomaterials during cycling, and generate synergistic effects in electrocatalysis, leading to superior electrochemical performance. We have grown nanocrystals of hydroxides, oxides, chalcogenides and phosphates with controlled morphology, sizes and structures on graphene, affording materials that can be readily integrated in current lithium ion batteries, alkaline batteries and supercapacitors to boost their performance, as well as materials that support rising technologies such as Li-S and Li-air batteries. The novel materials we have studied also allow for deepening our understanding in materials chemistry and electrochemistry.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Wang, Hailiang |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Chemistry |
| Primary advisor | Dai, Hongjie, 1966- |
| Thesis advisor | Dai, Hongjie, 1966- |
| Thesis advisor | Andersen, Hans, 1941- |
| Thesis advisor | Moerner, W. E. (William Esco), 1953- |
| Advisor | Andersen, Hans, 1941- |
| Advisor | Moerner, W. E. (William Esco), 1953- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Hailiang Wang. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Chemistry. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Hailiang Wang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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