Advanced Electrode Materials [Hardcover]

This book covers the recent advances in electrode materials and their novel applications at the cross-section of advanced materials. The book is divided into two sections: State-of-the-art electrode materials; and engineering of applied electrode materials. The chapters deal with electrocatalysis for energy conversion in view of bionanotechnology; surfactant-free materials and polyoxometalates through the concepts of biosensors to renewable energy applications; mesoporous carbon, diamond, conducting polymers and tungsten oxide/conducting polymer-based electrodes and hybrid systems. Numerous approaches are reviewed for lithium batteries, fuel cells, the design and construction of anode for microbial fuel cells including phosphate polyanion electrodes, electrocatalytic materials, fuel cell reactions, conducting polymer based hybrid nanocomposites and advanced nanomaterials.

Preface xv

Part 1 State-of-the-art electrode materials

1 Advances in Electrode Materials 3
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1.1 Advanced Electrode Materials for Molecular Electrochemistry 4

1.1.1 Graphite and Related sp2-Hybridized Carbon Materials 4

1.1.2 Graphene 6

1.1.2.1 Graphene Preparation 6

1.1.2.2 Engineering of Graphene 7

1.1.3 Carbon Nanotubes 8

1.1.3.1 Carbon Nanotube Networks for Applications in Flexible Electronics 9

1.1.4 Surface Structure of Carbon Electrode Materials 11

1.2 Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors 12

1.2.1 Carbon-based Electrodes 12

1.2.2 Metal Oxide Composite Electrodes 13

1.2.3 Conductive Polymers-based Electrodes 15

1.2.4 Nanocomposites-based Electrode Materials for SupercapaclSŠ