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Nanostructured Materials for Energy-Related Applications

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Materials play a key role especially in the field of energy storage and conversion. Design of efficient and cost-effective materials for energy applications is of prime research focus. This chapter presents the recent trends in the energy-related applications of various carbon nanotubes (CNT) and their hybrid nanostructures. Development of CNT-based electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells and CNT-based electrodes for supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries are discussed.

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Abbreviations

1-D:

one-dimensional

AC:

alternating current

AFC:

alkaline fuel cell

CNT:

carbon nanotube

CO:

cuboctahedron

CV:

cyclic voltammetry

CVD:

chemical vapor deposition

DAFC:

direct alcohol fuel cell

DC:

direct current

DEFC:

direct ethanol fuel cell

DMFC:

direct methanol fuel cell

ECDL:

electrochemical double layer

ECP:

electronically conducting polymer

ECSA:

electrochemically active surface area

EDAX:

energy dispersive analysis

EDLC:

electric double-layer capacitor

EDX:

energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

EIS:

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

ESR:

equivalent series resistance

HRTEM:

high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

MCFC:

molten carbonate fuel cell

MEA:

membrane electrode assembly

MFC:

microbial fuel cell

MWNT:

multiwalled nanotubes

ORR:

oxygen reduction reaction

PAFC:

phosphoric acid fuel cell

PANI:

polyaniline

PEMFC:

proton exchange membrane fuel cell

PGM:

platinum group metal

PPy:

polypyrrole

PTFE:

polytetrafluoroethylene

RHE:

reversible hydrogen electrode

RT:

room temperature

SCE:

saturated calomel electrode

SEI:

solid–electrolyte interphase

SEM:

scanning electron microscopy

SOFC:

solid oxide fuel cell

SS:

stainless steel

SWNT:

single-walled nanotube

TEM:

transmission electron microscopy

XRD:

x-ray diffraction

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