Biomass-derived materials for electrochemical energy storages

Metal-organic frameworks and their derived materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion: Promises and challenges

In addition to their conventional uses, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently emerged as an interesting class of functional materials and precursors of inorganic materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies. This class of MOF-related materials can be broadly categorized into two groups: pristine MOF-based materials and MOF-derived functional materials. Althou...

Materials , Chemicals and Energy from Forest Biomass

This book will explore our forests as the most readily available and renewable source of carbon as well as the building block of chemicals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals as the next 100 years gradually push consumers toward alternate sources of chemicals. Meeting these needs from trees requires that new chemistry be developed so that plant material is converted to commodity chemicals. This focu...

Bioinspired fractal electrodes for solar energy storages

Solar energy storage is an emerging technology which can promote the solar energy as the primary source of electricity. Recent development of laser scribed graphene electrodes exhibiting a high electrical conductivity have enabled a green technology platform for supercapacitor-based energy storage, resulting in cost-effective, environment-friendly features, and consequent readiness for on-chip ...

Stochastic load profiles for mobile energy storages

The rapid growth of the power demand in the transport sector results in a dramatic increase of carbon dioxide emissions. This is only one of many reasons why alternative drive concepts, especially electric mobility, have never been more in focus than today. A future change from combustion engines to electric drives leads to additional loads, which gives rise to the necessity to take corrective ...

Pseudocapacitive oxide materials for high-rate electrochemical energy storage