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Graphene-based materials for energy applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2012

Jun Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University; [email protected]
Yuhua Xue
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University; [email protected]
Mei Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University; [email protected]
Liming Dai
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University; [email protected]
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Abstract

Accelerating global energy consumption makes the development of clean and renewable alternative energy sources indispensable. Nanotechnology opens up new frontiers in materials science and engineering to meet this energy challenge by creating new materials, particularly carbon nanomaterials, for efficient energy conversion and storage. Since the Nobel Prize winning research on graphene by Geim and Novoselov, considerable efforts have been made to exploit graphene as an energy material, and tremendous progress has been achieved in developing high-performance devices for energy conversion and energy storage. This article reviews recent progress in the research and development of graphene materials for advanced energy-conversion devices, including solar cells and fuel cells, and energy-storage devices, including supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, and discusses some challenges in this exciting field.

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