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Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage

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Nanotechnology refers to the study of the properties and interactions of substances (including the manipulation of atoms and molecules) on the nanometer scale (between 1 and 100 nm), as well as the multidisciplinary science and technology that utilizes these properties, covering multiple fields such as physics, chemistry, materials, science, engineering, biology and medicine.

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Xu, S., Wang, Y., Xue, D., Xia, H., Zhang, JN. (2022). Introduction. In: Zhang, JN. (eds) Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 325. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4625-7_1

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