This book satisfies the interest and curiosity of beginners in thin film electrode preparations, characterizations, and device making, while providing insight into the area for experts. The considerable literature on ‘metal chalcogenides based carbon composites and their versatile applications’ reflect its importance for research and demonstrate how it’s now reached a level where the timely review is necessary to understand the current progress and recent trends and future opportunities. In the book, the authors examine recent advances in the state-of-the-art fabrication techniques of metal sulfide based carbon composites along with their working mechanisms, associated issues/solutions, and possible future are discussed. In addition, detailed insight into the properties and various applications including principles, design, fabrication, and engineering aspects are further discussed.
Author(s): Fabian I. Ezema, Chandrakant D. Lokhande, Abhishek C. Lokhande
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 434
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D Structured Chalcogenides for Supercapacitor Applications
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Electrical Double-Layer Capacitor
3 Pseudocapacitors
4 Hybrid Supercapacitor
5 Characteristic Behaviour of EDLC and Pseudocapacitors
5.1 Cyclic Voltammetry
5.2 Galvanostatic Charge-Discharge Characteristics
5.3 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
5.4 Stability
6 Factors Affecting Supercapacitive Behaviour
6.1 Specific Surface Area
6.2 Pore Size
6.3 Electrical Conductivity
6.4 Additional Redox Capacitance
6.5 Organic Electrolyte
6.6 Ionic Liquid
6.7 Asymmetric Supercapacitors
7 Nanostructure Dimensions
7.1 Zero-Dimensional (0D) Nanostructure
7.2 One-Dimensional (1D) Nanostructures
7.3 Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanostructures
7.4 Three-Dimensional (3D) Nanostructures
8 Summary and Conclusions
9 Future Scope
References
1D, 2D, and 3D Structured Metal Chalcogenides for Supercapacitor Application
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Fundamentals of Supercapacitors
2.1 Electric Double-Layer Capacitors (EDLCs)
2.2 Pseudocapacitors
2.3 Hybrid Capacitors
3 Metal Chalcogenides
3.1 Metal Sulfides
3.2 Metal Selenides
3.3 Metal Tellurides
3.4 1D Structured Metal Chalcogenides
3.5 2D Structured Metal Chalcogenides
4 3D Structured Metal Chalcogenides
5 Conclusions and Future Perspectives
References
Chemically Deposited Iron Chalcogenide-Based Carbon Composites for Supercapacitor Applications
Abbreviations
1 Supercapacitors
2 Thin Film SC Electrode Materials
3 Iron Chalcogenide Thin Film Supercapacitor Electrodes
4 Iron Oxides
5 Iron Sulfide
6 Iron Selenide
7 Iron Telluride
8 Summary and Future Outlook
References
Nanostructure Design for Supercapacitor Application
1 Introduction
2 Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
3 Synthesis Methods
3.1 Physical Methods
3.2 Chemical Methods
4 Quantum Confinement Effect
5 Nanostructures
6 Conclusion
References
Emerging Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Capacitor
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Architecture, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of LIC
3 Electrodes of LIC
3.1 Sulfide-Based Electrodes for LIC
3.2 Oxide-Based Electrodes for LIC
3.3 Silicon-Based Electrodes for LIC
3.4 MXene-Based Electrodes for LIC
3.5 Carbon-Based Electrodes for LIC
4 Conclusions
References
Advances in Fabricating Mn3O4 and Its Carbon Composite for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications
1 Introduction to Electrochemical Energy Storage
2 Mn3O4 as an Electrochemical Energy Storage Material
3 Recent Advances in Fabrication Techniques for Mn3O4
3.1 Microwave-Assisted Combustion Method
3.2 Thermal Decomposition
3.3 Hydrothermal Technique
3.4 Chemical Route
3.5 Self-Assembly
3.6 Sol-Gel Technique
4 Conclusions
References
Porous Hybrid Electrode Materials for High Energy Density Li-Ion and Li-S Batteries
1 Introduction
2 Potential Application of Porous Morphology in Lithium-Ion and Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
3 Hybrid Materials
3.1 Porous Hybrid Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
3.2 Porous Hybrid Materials for Li-S batteries
4 Conclusion
References
Electrode Materials for High Energy Density Li-Ion
1 Introduction
2 Porous Electrode
3 Working of Lithium-Ion Battery
4 Critical Issues that Limit the Performance of LIBs
4.1 Microstructure Change
4.2 Volume Expansion
4.3 Phase Transformation
4.4 Insulating Phase Formation
5 Porous Hybrid Electrode Materials
5.1 Porous Carbon
5.2 Porous Carbon with Other Anode Materials (Si or Sn)
5.2.1 Si/Porous Carbon Anode
5.2.2 Sn/Porous Carbon Anode
5.3 Metal Oxides
5.4 Hierarchical Porosity in Electrode Materials
5.5 Electrodes Made of Hollow Spheres
6 Porous Cathode Materials
6.1 Layered Transition-Metal Oxides
6.1.1 Transition-Metal Oxides with Ni-Rich Layers
6.1.2 Transition-Metal Oxides Based on Ni/Mn
6.2 Mn-Based Spinels
6.3 Polyanion-Type Compounds
7 Lithium-Sulphur Batteries
7.1 Carbon-Based Hybrid Porous Materials
7.2 Heteroatom Doping in Carbon-Sulphur Electrode
7.3 Dimensional Porous Nanostructured
7.4 Shuttle Inhibition in Inorganic Materials and Intercalation and Conversion in Li-S Cells
7.5 Organosulphur Hybrids
7.6 Transition Metal Oxide
7.7 Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)
8 Summary and Future Prospects
References
Emerging Novel Chalcogenide-Based Materials for Electro Water Splitting Applications
1 Introduction
2 Metal Chalcogenides (MCs) for Electro Water Splitting
2.1 Cobalt Sulfides (CoS) Electrocatalyst for OER
2.2 Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Electrocatalyst for HER
3 Binary Metal Sulfides
3.1 Manganese Cobalt Sulfides (MCS) Electrocatalyst for OER
3.2 Molybdenum Disulfide/Conductive Polymer Polyaniline (MoS2/PANI) Electrocatalyst for HER
4 Transition Metal Selenides
4.1 Nickel Selenide for HER/OER Electrocatalyst
4.2 Cobalt Selenide (CoSe) for HER/OER Electrocatalyst
5 Binary Metal Chalcogenides
5.1 Te/FeNiOOH-NCs for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting
5.2 Se-(NiCo)Sx/(OH)x Electrode for Electrocatalyst
6 Conclusions
References
Chemical Processing of Cu2SnS3 Nanoparticles for Solar Cells
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Overview of Inkjet Solar Cell
3 Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of CTS
4 The Device Structure of CTS-Based Thin Film Solar Cells
5 Synthesis of CTS NPs Using Chemical Techniques
5.1 Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Techniques
5.2 Hot Injection Technique
5.3 One-Pot Chemical Synthesis Technique
5.4 Microwave Irradiation Technique
6 Solution Process
7 Post-Annealing Treatments
8 Challenges and Solutions
9 Conclusions
References
Rational Engineering of Photocathodes for Hydrogen Production: Heterostructure, Dye-Sensitized, Perovskite, and Tandem Cells
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Literature Survey and State of the Art of PEC for Hydrogen Production and Photocathodes
3 Principle, Charge Separation, Transportation, and Device Architecture of PEC Cells
4 The Conversion Efficiency Calculations
5 Quantum Conversion Efficiency Calculations
6 Photocathodes in PEC
7 The P-N Heterojunction Photocathode for PEC
8 Silicon Absorber-Based Heterostructure for Photocathode Fabrication
9 Metal Oxide-Based Heterostructure for Photocathode Fabrication
10 Metal Chalcogenide-Based Heterostructure for Photocathode Fabrication
11 Dye-Sensitized H2 Evolving Photocathode Fabrication
12 Perovskite-Sensitized H2 Evolving Photocathode Fabrication
13 Tandem Cell for H2 Evolving Photocathode
14 Summary and Future Outlook
References
One-Step Solid-State Mechanochemical Synthesis of Metal Chalcogenides as a Perspecitve Alternative to Traditional Preparation Routes
Abbreviations
1 Introduction to Mechanochemistry
1.1 High-Energy Milling
2 Laboratory-Scale Mechanochemical Synthesis of Chalcogenides
3 Binary Systems
3.1 Cobalt Pentlandite, Co9S8
3.2 Copper Sulfides-Chalcocite Cu2S and Covellite CuS
3.3 Co, Cu-Transition-Metal Selenides
4 Ternary Systems
4.1 Chalcopyrite, CuFeS2
4.2 Copper Antimony Sulfides-:Chalcostibite, CuSbS2 and Famatinite, Cu3SbS4
4.3 Copper Tin Sulfide Mohite, Cu2SnS3
5 Quaternary Systems
5.1 Stannite, Cu2FeSnS4
5.2 Kesterite, Cu2ZnSnS4
6 Scale-Up of Mechanochemical Synthesis of Chalcogenides
7 Conclusion
References
Fundamentals of First-Principles Studies
1 Density Functional Theory
1.1 Many-Body Schrödinger Equation
1.2 Born–Oppenheimer Approximation
1.3 Hohenberg–Kohn Theorem
1.4 Kohn–Sham Equation
1.5 Bloch Theorem
2 Exchange and Correlation Functionals
2.1 Local Density Approximation (LDA)
2.2 Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA)
2.3 Hybrid Functionals
References
Rare Earth Element-Based Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensor
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 History of Glucose Sensor
3 Mechanism of Glucose Sensor
4 Rare Earth Elements (REEs)
5 Rare Earth Elements for Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensor
6 Conclusions
References
Surface-Functionalized Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
Abbreviation
1 Introduction
2 Surface Functionalization of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
3 Biomedical Applications of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
3.1 IONP-Based Drug Delivery
3.2 IONP-Based Biosensing
3.3 IONP-Based Chemotherapy
3.4 IONP-Based Gene Therapy
3.5 IONP-Based Antimicrobial Activity
3.6 IONP-Based Virus Detection
3.7 IONP-Based Magnetofection
3.8 IONP-Based Bioseparation
3.9 IONP-Based Multifunctional Approaches
4 Summary and Future Perspective
References
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