A review of one-dimensional TiO2nanostructured materials for environmental and energy applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (18) ◽  
pp. 6772-6801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingzheng Ge ◽  
Chunyan Cao ◽  
Jianying Huang ◽  
Shuhui Li ◽  
Zhong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Surface Engineering ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Pollutant Degradation ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Potential Applications

State-of-the-art development of fabrication methods and surface engineering strategies of 1D TiO2nanostructures is reviewed, and an overview given of their potential applications including pollutant degradation/CO2photoreduction photocatalysts, water splitting, solar cells, lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors.

scholarly journals Advances in the Applications of Graphene-Based Nanocomposites in Clean Energy Materials

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Yiqiu Xiang ◽  
Ling Xin ◽  
Jiwei Hu ◽  
Caifang Li ◽  
Jimei Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Energy Storage And Conversion ◽  
Thermoelectric Conversion

Extensive use of fossil fuels can lead to energy depletion and serious environmental pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to solve these problems by developing clean energy. Graphene materials own the advantages of high electrocatalytic activity, high conductivity, excellent mechanical strength, strong flexibility, large specific surface area and light weight, thus giving the potential to store electric charge, ions or hydrogen. Graphene-based nanocomposites have become new research hotspots in the field of energy storage and conversion, such as in fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, solar cells and thermoelectric conversion. Graphene as a catalyst carrier of hydrogen fuel cells has been further modified to obtain higher and more uniform metal dispersion, hence improving the electrocatalyst activity. Moreover, it can complement the network of electroactive materials to buffer the change of electrode volume and prevent the breakage and aggregation of electrode materials, and graphene oxide is also used as a cheap and sustainable proton exchange membrane. In lithium-ion batteries, substituting heteroatoms for carbon atoms in graphene composite electrodes can produce defects on the graphitized surface which have a good reversible specific capacity and increased energy and power densities. In solar cells, the performance of the interface and junction is enhanced by using a few layers of graphene-based composites and more electron-hole pairs are collected; therefore, the conversion efficiency is increased. Graphene has a high Seebeck coefficient, and therefore, it is a potential thermoelectric material. In this paper, we review the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, evaluation and properties of graphene-based composites and their practical applications in fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, solar cells and thermoelectric conversion.

scholarly journals Separation and Efficient Recovery of Lithium from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1091
Author(s):  
Eva Gerold ◽  
Stefan Luidold ◽  
Helmut Antrekowitsch
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Sodium Phosphate ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Potassium Phosphate ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Rechargeable Batteries ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Efficient Recovery

The consumption of lithium has increased dramatically in recent years. This can be primarily attributed to its use in lithium-ion batteries for the operation of hybrid and electric vehicles. Due to its specific properties, lithium will also continue to be an indispensable key component for rechargeable batteries in the next decades. An average lithium-ion battery contains 5–7% of lithium. These values indicate that used rechargeable batteries are a high-quality raw material for lithium recovery. Currently, the feasibility and reasonability of the hydrometallurgical recycling of lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries is still a field of research. This work is intended to compare the classic method of the precipitation of lithium from synthetic and real pregnant leaching liquors gained from spent lithium-ion batteries with sodium carbonate (state of the art) with alternative precipitation agents such as sodium phosphate and potassium phosphate. Furthermore, the correlation of the obtained product to the used type of phosphate is comprised. In addition, the influence of the process temperature (room temperature to boiling point), as well as the stoichiometric factor of the precipitant, is investigated in order to finally enable a statement about an efficient process, its parameter and the main dependencies.

scholarly journals Cold sprayed WO3 and TiO2 electrodes for photoelectrochemical water and methanol oxidation in renewable energy applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (38) ◽  
pp. 12811-12823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Haisch ◽  
Jenny Schneider ◽  
Manuel Fleisch ◽  
Henning Gutzmann ◽  
Thomas Klassen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Methanol Oxidation ◽  
Cold Spray ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Electrochemical Water Splitting

Films prepared by cold spray have potential applications as photoanodes in electrochemical water splitting and waste water purification.

Elemental analysis of lithium ion batteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1833-1847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Nowak ◽  
Martin Winter
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Elemental Analysis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Decomposition Products ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Large Size

Being successfully introduced into the market only 25 years ago, lithium ion batteries are already state-of-the-art power sources for portable electronic devices and the most promising candidate for energy storage in large-size batteries. Therefore, elemental analysis of lithium ion batteries (lithium ion batteries), their components and decomposition products is a fast growing topic in the literature.

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