Graphene Based Composites for Energy Applications
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 274
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Interests: graphene; two-dimensional material; metamaterial; energy harvesting; energy storage; supercapacitor; renewable energy
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Dear Colleagues,
Graphene is a monolayer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal lattice that has many outstanding properties, such as large surface area, high Young’s modulus, high charge carrier mobility, good thermal conductivity, and excellent optical properties. Graphene can be synthesized by different methods, and can be readily prepared in both solid powder and colloidal aqueous dispersion. Furthermore, graphene as a carbon material has the potential to form composites with other materials such as metal nanoparticles, conducting polymers and other forms of carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes.
Graphene-based composites are constructed by introducing graphene family materials, including graphene, graphene oxides, or doped graphene, into hierarchical fibre composites as additives. Hierarchical fibre composites are a type of composite material in which components of different sizes are combined in a controlled way to significantly improve their thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties. Graphene-based composites have been applied broadly in different applications, including frameworks for airplanes or vehicles to save the energy consumption, structural capacitors for energy storage, as well as electrode materials for batteries/supercapacitors.
This Special Issue will address the above-mentioned points in relation to the manufacturing, characterization, and properties of advanced graphene-based composites to offer an insight into this new composite family, with the incorporation of graphene family materials, as well as applications in energy saving, energy generation, storage, and multifunctional structural batteries or capacitors.
Dr. Han Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Graphene
- Energy storage
- Hierarchical fibre composites
- Energy generation
- Energy-efficient
- Structural capacitors
- Structural batteries
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