Nanocrystals from Oriented-Attachment for Energy Applications

• Main Authors: He, Weidong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wen, Kechun (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Niu, Yinghua (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Energy,
• Subjects: Energy systems.; Electrochemistry.; Nanotechnology.; Materials-Surfaces.; Thin films.; Energy Systems.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.
• Physical Description: IX, 77 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319724324
• ISSN: 2191-5520
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-72432-4

This brief provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and materials technologies utilizing oriented-attachment nanocrystals (OA NCs) for the energy conversion devices. Starting with a historical introduction, the book presents basic theory with an emphasis on thermodynamic and kinetic models of the oriented-attachment nanocrystals growth. Further chapters review recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and application of the oriented-attachment nanocrystals in fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells and photocatalysis. This book will appeal to researchers and scholars from a variety of disciplines including electrochemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, physics and mechanical engineering.