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Electrospun Functional Nanofibers and Their Applications in Chemical Sensors and Li-Ion Batteries

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One-dimensional nanobuilding blocks such as nanowires, nanotubes, and nanofibers have been widely studied due to their fascinating electronic transport characteristics, high surface-to-volume ratios, and quantum confinement effect. More recently, as one of the most efficient techniques for the realization of nonwoven fiber networks, the electrospinning method has attracted much attention. With a number of materials explored, such as polymers, metals, ceramics, and their composites, nanofiber structures with a large surface area, a high degree of porosity, and controlled surface functionalities have been prepared by the electrospinning route. Polymeric nanofibers or metal salt precursor/polymer composite fibers, which are on the order of several tens of hundreds of nanometers, are collected via the electrical charging of a suspended droplet of polymer solution with/without an inorganic precursor. During the electrospinning process, a hemispherical surface of the droplet at the end of the needle is pulled to form a Taylor cone. When the repulsive electrical force is large enough to overcome the surface tension of the Taylor cone by increasing the applied electric field, a charged jet of the solution is ejected from the Taylor cone. Subsequently, the unstable and rapid whipping jet evaporates the solvent and falls down in the shape of a thin nanofiber on the collector, as illustrated in Fig. 23.1.

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This work was supported by the Center for Integrated Smart Sensors funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology as Global Frontier Project (CISS-2012M3A6A6054188).

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Kim, ID., Choi, SJ., Ryu, WH. (2014). Electrospun Functional Nanofibers and Their Applications in Chemical Sensors and Li-Ion Batteries. In: Bhushan, B., Luo, D., Schricker, S., Sigmund, W., Zauscher, S. (eds) Handbook of Nanomaterials Properties. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31107-9_6

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