Carbon-Based Materials in the Application of Energy Storage System
A special issue of C (ISSN 2311-5629). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes".
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to report new research progress in carbon-based materials for energy storage technologies and their applications. Due to the fast increase in industrialization and the population, large-scale consumption of fossil fuel results in the production of industrial wastes, such as carbon dioxide, SOx or NOx, which result in the global warming effect, acidic rain or the increase in the concentration of particulate matters in air. To decrease the consumption of fossil fuel, the development and application of renewable energy such as solar, wind, hydropower or geothermal heat have been wildly discussed in the academic or industrial society. Although the applications of these possible renewable energy are a good way to decrease the amount of consumption of fossil fuel, the variations of these renewable energy input are the major problem for further large-scale applications. Therefore, the developments of energy storage systems to store these renewable energies are necessary. Carbons and their novel composites therefore could play a key role in the development of energy storage technologies and provide practical solutions for open issues and on-going challenges. Carbon-based materials (e.g., activated carbons, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, fibers, foams, and ordered mesoporous carbons) have attracted significant attention in the past several decades due to their large surface areas and pore volumes, lightweight nature, plethora of macroscopic forms and nanostructures, mass-scale availability, excellent recyclability, and low manufacturing cost. Even more attractive and promising carbonaceous materials have emerged in recent years, including 0D (e.g., carbon dots), 1D (e.g., carbon nanowires), 2D (e.g., graphene flakes), and 3D (e.g., graphene/graphene oxide foams) nanostructures and novel nanocomposites (e.g., carbons decorated with nanoparticles, doped with heteroatoms, etc.). This Special Issue will highlight the implementation of different carbons and composite structures produced in various forms (e.g., powders, monoliths, cloths, membranes, electrodes, thin films, coatings, etc.) for advanced applications related to energy storage system (e.g., battery), fuel cell technology (e.g., surface modification of electrodes in fuel cell), and renewable energy-fuel conversion (e.g., surface modification with carbon in photoelectrodes in solar-driven water splitting). Both experimental and theoretical studies are welcome for submission in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Kong-Wei Cheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Energy storage system
- Nano-structure carbons
- Novel carbon-composites
- Carbon-based catalysts
- Battery
- Fuel cell
- Electrode and photoelectrodes
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