Carbon nanomaterials and their composites for supercapacitors

Carbon nanomaterials for high-performance supercapacitors

Owing to their high energy density and power density, supercapacitors exhibit great potential as highperformance energy sources for advanced technologies. Recently, carbon nanomaterials (especially, carbon nanotubes and graphene) have been widely investigated as effective electrodes in supercapacitors due to their high specific surface area, excellent electrical and mechanical properties. This ...

Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites

Applications and toxicity of graphene family nanomaterials and their composites

Graphene has attracted much attention of scientific community due to its enormous potential in different fields, including medical sciences, agriculture, food safety, cancer research, and tissue engineering. The potential for widespread human exposure raises safety concerns about graphene and its derivatives, referred to as graphene family nanomaterials (GFNs). Due to their unique chemical and ...

Poly(lactic acid) Composites Containing Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: A Review

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a green alternative to petrochemical commodity plastics, used in packaging, agricultural products, disposable materials, textiles, and automotive composites. It is also approved by regulatory authorities for several biomedical applications. However, for some uses it is required that some of its properties be improved, namely in terms of thermo-mechanical and electrica...

Additive-Driven Self-Assembly of Well-Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/ Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Composites for Supercapacitors

Ordered mesoporous carbon/iron oxide composites were prepared by cooperative self-assembly of poly(tbutyl acrylate)-block-polyacrylonitrile (PtBA-b-PAN), which contains both a carbon precursor block and a porogen block, and phenol-functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs). Because of the selective hydrogen bonding between the phenol-functionalized iron oxide NPs and PAN, the NPs were prefer...