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Hybrid and Hierarchical Composite Materials

Abstract

Composites with hierarchical structures are considered to be one of the most prevailing materials for various electrochemical applications as they constitute a complex architecture that provides a large internal surface area and enables synergistic effects for electrochemical reactions at the interface. Considering novel nanoscale properties with large-scale processability and affordable cost, hierarchically structured composites could potentially provide the new and transformative approaches to meet the challenges for the modern society: enabling powerful electrochemical devices for renewable energy conversion and storage and environmental monitoring. This chapter reviews the applications of hierarchically structured composites for energy storage, energy conversion, and environmental monitoring. In the section of energy storage, supercapacitors and batteries are intensively reviewed with emphasis on the design, synthesis, and performance evaluation of the hierarchically structured composites; in the section of energy conversion, photoelectrochemical cells and fuel cells are introduced; and in the section of environmental monitoring, we introduce some sensing devices based on the hierarchically structured composites. The fundamental understanding of the structure–property relationship between these hierarchically structured materials and their performances in electrochemical devices will further promote the design of new electrochemical materials with unprecedented properties.

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Zhao, Y., Peng, L., Yu, G. (2015). Electrochemical Hierarchical Composites. In: Kim, CS., Randow, C., Sano, T. (eds) Hybrid and Hierarchical Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12868-9_7

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