Abstract
Electrical energy generation plays an important role in directly influencing the economic and social activities in a country. However, the amount of electricity that can be generated is relatively fixed over short periods of time, although demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day. Therefore, developing technology to store electrical energy is extremely important to meet the demand in electricity specially when the sources of electricity generation include renewable ones such as solar and wind where power capacity varies with time. Also, energy storage is a vital requirement for portable/mobile electrical and electronic systems. In general, energy storage systems can be classified into batteries, fuel cells, and capacitors. Although fuel cells have very high energy densities, they are poor in terms of power density. However, batteries such as Li-ion show a good compromise between energy and power densities which have made it the preferred choice for portable electronics. In contrast, capacitors have very high power densities which can provide energy bursts of high current (at fixed voltage). The aim of the chapter is to focus on research studies which involve nanomaterials to improve the performance of aforementioned energy storage techniques, related challenges, and future prospect.
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Bandara, K.M.G.C., Herath, H.M.R.S., Adassooriya, N.M. (2022). Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Applications. In: Pal, D.B., Jha, J.M. (eds) Sustainable and Clean Energy Production Technologies . Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9135-5_4
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