Publisher's Synopsis
Electrochemical energy storage is at the forefront of energy storage technology. It plays a large part in our lives, ranging from portable electronics to hybrid vehicles. The purpose of this book is to focus on recent advances in nanomaterials for advanced energy and power storage devices. The advancements include flow based energy devices, thermal energy storage devices, quantum dot based devices, electrodes and electrolytes of state-of-art and expand on the basic principles, operational practices and technological advancements. This will help the readers to assimilate the latest trends in the advanced energy and power storage devices. This book would appeal to researchers, scientists engaged in developing high performance devices.
Key Features
- Covers the latest research on the use of nanomaterials in state-of-the-art advanced electrochemical energy storage systems
- Covers flow batteries, hybrid supercapacitors
- Nanomaterials covered include quantum dots, thermal phase change materials, complex electrolytes
- Focuses on applications with an emphasis on bulk usage and scale up
- Includes advanced characterisation and testing, and future trends and directions
- Includes real-world case studies and end-of-chapter summaries
