About this Research Topic
In comparison with conventional battery and supercapacitor materials, nanomaterials offer greatly improved ionic transport and electronic conductivity. Further, in the nanoregion all intercalation sites of the particle volume are occupied which lead to fast ion diffusion and high specific capacities. The goal is to highlight recent developments in the nanostructured materials with different morphologies, such as zero-dimensional (0D) nanoparticles and quantum dots, 1D nanowires, nanotubes, and nanobelts, 2D nanoflakes and nanosheets, and 3D porous nanonetworks for high-power next-generation energy storage devices. Moreover, we are interested in the future strategies to develop smart assembly of nanomaterials into architectures with controlled geometry and challenges associated with their use in energy storage technology.
Nanomaterial-based electrodes can withstand high currents, showing great promise for high power and energy efficiency. Hence, nanostructures play an important role in controlling electrochemical performance and exploiting various charge storage mechanisms such as surface ion adsorption, pseudocapacitance, and diffusion-like intercalation processes. The development of new high-performance materials, such as redox-active transition metal carbides, whose conductivity is at least an order of magnitude higher than carbon and other conventional electrode materials, opens the door for today's collector design-free and next-generation high-power energy storage devices. We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Developments in the nanostructured materials with different morphologies, such as zero-dimensional (0D) nanoparticles and quantum dots
• 2D materials of mexenes, nanoceramics, and nanocomposites
• 1D nanowires, nanotubes, and nanobelts, 2D nanoflakes and nanosheets
• 3D porous nanonetworks for high-power next-generation energy storage devices
Nanomaterial-based electrodes can withstand high currents, showing great promise for high power and energy efficiency. Hence, nanostructures play an important role in controlling electrochemical performance and exploiting various charge storage mechanisms such as surface ion adsorption, pseudocapacitance, and diffusion-like intercalation processes. The development of new high-performance materials, such as redox-active transition metal carbides, whose conductivity is at least an order of magnitude higher than carbon and other conventional electrode materials, opens the door for today's collector design-free and next-generation high-power energy storage devices. We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Developments in the nanostructured materials with different morphologies, such as zero-dimensional (0D) nanoparticles and quantum dots
• 2D materials of mexenes, nanoceramics, and nanocomposites
• 1D nanowires, nanotubes, and nanobelts, 2D nanoflakes and nanosheets
• 3D porous nanonetworks for high-power next-generation energy storage devices
Keywords: 2D nanomaterials, Nanocomposites, Nanowires, Nanotubes
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