Conducting Polymers for Advanced Energy Applications

✍ Scribed by Ram K. Gupta

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 436
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book details the use of conducting polymers and their composites in supercapacitors, batteries, photovoltaics, and fuel cells, nearly covering the entire spectrum of energy area under one title. Conducting Polymers for Advanced Energy Applications covers a range of advanced materials based on conducting polymers, the fundamentals, and the chemistry behind these materials for energy applications.

FEATURES

• Covers materials, chemistry, various synthesis approaches, and the properties of conducting polymers and their composites

• Discusses commercialization and markets and elaborates on advanced applications

• Presents an overview and the advantages of using conducting polymers and their composites for advanced energy applications

• Describes a variety of nanocomposites, including metal oxides, chalcogenides, graphene, and materials beyond graphene

• Offers the fundamentals of electrochemical behavior

This book provides a new direction for scientists, researchers, and students in materials science and polymer chemistry who seek to better understand the chemistry behind conducting polymers and improve their performance for use in advanced energy applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Editor
Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction: Conductive Polymers from the Nobel Prize to Industrial
Applications
Chapter 2: Materials and Chemistry of Conducting Polymers
Chapter 3: Conducting Polymers for Supercapacitors
Chapter 4: Supercapacitors Based on Nanocomposites of Conducting Polymers and Metal Oxides
Chapter 5: Nanocomposites of Conducting Polymers and 2D Materials for Supercapacitors
Chapter 6: Conducting Polymer-Based Flexible Supercapacitors
Chapter 7: Nanofibers of Conducting Polymers for Energy Applications
Chapter 8: Conducting Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications
Chapter 9: Hybrid Conducting Polymers for High-Performance Solar Cells
Chapter 10: Nanocomposites Based on Conducting Polymers and Metal Sulfides
for Solar Cell Applications.
Chapter 11: Thin Films of Conducting Polymers for Photovoltaics
Chapter 12: Application of 2D Materials in Conducting Polymers for High Capacity
Batteries
Chapter 13: Conducting Polymers in Batteries
Chapter 14: The Role of Chalcogenide in Conducting Polymers for Enhanced Battery Performance
Chapter 15: Conducting Polymers for Flexible Devices
Chapter 16: Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites for Flexible Devices
Chapter 17: Conducting Polymers for Electrocatalysts
Chapter 18: Conducting Polymer-Based Microbial Fuel Cells
Chapter 19: Conducting Polymers as Membrane for Fuel Cells
Chapter 20: Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(zwitterionic) Structures for Energy Conversion and Storage
Chapter 21: High Performance Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites for EMI Shielding Applications
Chapter 22: Challenges and Future Lookout of Conductive Polymers
Index