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Graphene Oxide Based Electrochemical System for Energy Generation

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Inorganic Nanosheets and Nanosheet-Based Materials

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Graphene oxide (GO) can be synthesized by easy method at low cost. GO possesses excellent mechanical strength, flexibility, and high surface area. Therefore, researcher worldwide are trying to adopt GO for various applications. GO has chemically different regions such as hydrophobic π-conjugated sp [2] domains with electric conduction and hydrophilic sp [3] domains with proton conduction. Moreover, the ratio of this region can be tuned easily through varying in the method and extent of reduction. Thus GO can be adopted for specific applications. GO has been applied in a wide range of electrochemical energy generating systems including fuel cells, supercapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and so on. In fact, reduced GO (rGO) with high electric conductivity and surface area is suitable for electrodes, while GO with high proton conductivity and perfect gas barrier property is suitable for electrolyte. In this chapter, we describe about the basic properties and applications of this fascinating materials in electrochemical devices.

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Hatakeyama, K., Hayami, S., Matsumoto, Y. (2017). Graphene Oxide Based Electrochemical System for Energy Generation. In: Nakato, T., Kawamata, J., Takagi, S. (eds) Inorganic Nanosheets and Nanosheet-Based Materials. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56496-6_12

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