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Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices

Author Liming Dai , Chunyi Zhi
Release Date: 2018/10/01
ISBN: 9783527342532
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Book Description

Provides in-depth knowledge of flexible energy conversion and storage devices-covering aspects from materials to technologies

Written by leading experts on various critical issues in this emerging field, this book reviews the recent progresses on flexible energy conversion and storage devices, such as batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, and fuel cells. It introduces not only the basic principles and strategies to make a device flexible, but also the applicable materials and technologies, such as polymers, carbon materials, nanotechnologies and textile technologies. It also discusses the perspectives for different devices.

Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices contains chapters, which are all written by top researchers who have been actively working in the field to deliver recent advances in areas from materials syntheses, through fundamental principles, to device applications. It covers flexible all-solid state supercapacitors; fiber/yarn based flexible supercapacitors; flexible lithium and sodium ion batteries; flexible diversified and zinc ion batteries; flexible Mg, alkaline, silver-zinc, and lithium sulfur batteries; flexible fuel cells; flexible nanodielectric materials with high permittivity for power energy storage; flexible dye sensitized solar cells; flexible perovskite solar cells; flexible organic solar cells; flexible quantum dot-sensitized solar cells; flexible triboelectric nanogenerators; flexible thermoelectric devices; and flexible electrodes for water-splitting.

-Covers the timely and innovative field of flexible devices which are regarded as the next generation of electronic devices
-Provides a highly application-oriented approach that covers various flexible devices used for energy conversion and storage
-Fosters an understanding of the scientific basis of flexible energy devices, and extends this knowledge to the development, construction, and application of functional energy systems
-Stimulates and advances the research and development of this intriguing field

Flexible Energy Conversion and Storage Devices is an excellent book for scientists, electrochemists, solid state chemists, solid state physicists, polymer chemists, and electronics engineers.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Flexible All‐Solid‐State Supercapacitors and Micro‐Pattern Supercapacitors
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Potential Components and Device Architecture for Flexible Supercapacitors
    3. 1.3 Flexible Supercapacitor Devices with Sandwiched Structures
    4. 1.4 Flexible Micro‐Supercapacitor Devices with Interdigitated Architecture
    5. 1.5 Performance Evaluation and Potential Application of Flexible Supercapacitors
    6. 1.6 Conclusions and Perspectives
    7. References
  4. Chapter 2: Fiber/Yarn‐Based Flexible Supercapacitor
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 Supercapacitor with Intrinsic Conductive Fiber/Yarn
    3. 2.3 Supercapacitors with Intrinsic Nonconductive Fiber/Yarn
    4. 2.4 Integrated Electronic Textiles
    5. 2.5 Conclusion and Outlook
    6. References
  5. Chapter 3: Flexible Lithium Ion Batteries
    1. 3.1 Overview of Lithium Ion Battery
    2. 3.2 Planar‐Shaped Flexible Lithium Ion Batteries
    3. 3.3 Fiber‐Shaped Flexible Lithium Ion Batteries
    4. 3.4 Perspective
    5. References
  6. Chapter 4: Flexible Sodium Ion Batteries: From Materials to Devices
    1. 4.1 Introduction to Flexible Sodium Ion Batteries (SIBs)
    2. 4.2 The Key Scientific Issues of Flexible SIBs
    3. 4.3 Design of Advanced Materials for Flexible SIBs
    4. 4.4 Design of Full Cell for Flexible SIBs
    5. 4.5 Summary and Outlook
    6. References
  7. Chapter 5: 1D and 2D Flexible Carbon Matrix Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
    1. 5.1 Introduction
    2. 5.2 The Working Mechanism and Challenges of Li–S Batteries
    3. 5.3 Flexible Cathode Hosts for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
    4. 5.4 Electrolyte Membranes for Flexible Li–S Batteries
    5. 5.5 Separator for Flexible Li–S Batteries
    6. 5.6 Summary
    7. References
  8. Chapter 6: Flexible Electrodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
    1. 6.1 Introduction
    2. 6.2 Lithium–Sulfur Battery and Flexible Cathode
    3. 6.3 The Flexible Cathode of Lithium–Sulfur Battery
    4. 6.4 Summary and Prospect
    5. References
  9. Chapter 7: Flexible Lithium–Air Batteries
    1. 7.1 Motivation for the Development of Flexible Lithium–Air Batteries
    2. 7.2 State of the Art for Flexible Lithium–Air Batteries
    3. 7.3 Challenges and Future Work on Flexible Lithium–Air Batteries
    4. 7.4 Concluding Remarks
    5. References
  10. Chapter 8: Nanodielectric Elastomers for Flexible Generators
    1. 8.1 Introduction
    2. 8.2 Electro‐Mechanical Principles
    3. 8.3 Increasing the Performance of Dielectric Elastomers from the Materials Perspective
    4. 8.4 Circuits and Electro‐Mechanical Coupling Methods
    5. 8.5 Examples of Dielectric Elastomer Generators
    6. 8.6 Conclusion and Outlook
    7. Acknowledgments
    8. References
  11. Chapter 9: Flexible Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
    1. 9.1 Introduction
    2. 9.2 Materials and Fabrication of Electrodes for FDSCs
    3. 9.3 Sensitizers in FDSCs and Thin Photoactive Film DSCs
    4. 9.4 Electrolyte and Hole‐Transporting Materials for FDSCs
    5. 9.5 Conclusion and Outlook
    6. References
  12. Chapter 10: Self‐assembly in Fabrication of Semitransparent and Meso–Planar Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
    1. 10.1 Introduction
    2. 10.2 Summary and Future Perspective
    3. References
  13. Chapter 11: Flexible Organic Solar Cells
    1. 11.1 Introduction
    2. 11.2 Active Layer
    3. 11.3 Flexible Electrode
    4. 11.4 Interfacial Layer
    5. 11.5 Tandem Organic Solar Cells
    6. 11.6 Fabrication Technology for Flexible Organic Solar Cells
    7. 11.7 Summary
    8. References
  14. Chapter 12: Flexible Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells
    1. 12.1 Introduction
    2. 12.2 Basic Concepts
    3. 12.3 Development of the Flexible QDSSCs
    4. 12.4 Conclusion and Future Outlook
    5. Acknowledgments
    6. References
  15. Chapter 13: Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators
    1. 13.1 Introduction
    2. 13.2 Materials Used for Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators
    3. 13.3 Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Ambient Energy
    4. 13.4 Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Self‐Powered Sensors
    5. 13.5 Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Self‐Charging Power Units
    6. 13.6 Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Hybrid Energy Cells
    7. 13.7 Service Behavior of Triboelectric Nanogenerators
    8. 13.8 Summary and Prospects
    9. References
  16. Chapter 14: Flexible Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
    1. 14.1 Introduction
    2. 14.2 Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Basics
    3. 14.3 Flexible Thermoelectric Materials
    4. 14.4 Flexible Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters
    5. 14.6 Transverse TE Devices
    6. 14.8 Thermoelectric Sensors
    7. 14.9 Summary and Outlook
    8. References
  17. Chapter 15: Carbon‐based Electrocatalysts for Water‐splitting
    1. 15.1 Introduction
    2. 15.2 Nonmetal‐doped Carbon for HER
    3. 15.3 Metals Embedded in Carbon for HER
    4. 15.4 Electrochemistry
    5. 15.5 Outlook and Future Challenges
    6. References
  18. Index
  19. End User License Agreement
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