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Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Energy and Environmental Applications pp 53–90Cite as

Graphene-CNT Hybrids for Energy Applications

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The tremendous growth of portable electronic devices and hybrid electric vehicles has promoted the urgent and increasing demand for high-power energy conversion and storage devices. To improve the device performance, the design and construction of high-performance electrode materials is of great importance. Graphene and CNTs have superior electrical and mechanical properties, large specific surface area, good chemical stability and broad electrochemical windows. The hybridization of CNTs with graphene can not only inherit the outstanding performance of individual graphene or CNTs, but also reach full utilization of the synergistic effect between graphene and CNTs. Therefore, they have great potential for energy-related applications such as solar energy conversion and electrochemical energy devices. In this chapter, we present several typical applications of graphene-CNT hybrid materials in optoelectronic devices, supercapacitors, and lithium batteries.

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Fan, W., Zhang, L., Liu, T. (2017). Graphene-CNT Hybrids for Energy Applications. In: Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Energy and Environmental Applications. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2803-8_3

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