Engineering porous carbon-based hybrid nanomaterials for energy storage

Mariglen ANGJELLARI, University of Rome Tor Vergata

In the field of energy, a series of nanocarbons, such as carbon nanotubes, graphenes and onions allowed to make important progress, by virtue of the remarkable properties possessed by them either singly or in combinations. In particular the coupling of carbon nanostructures with polymers was found to promote the synergistic emergence of properties leading to the creation of a new class of materials.

This presentation will report some interesting applications of nanocomposites and hybrid systems formed by insertion of basic graphene-like units, derived from a natural carbon source, inside conductive polymer matrices. These nanomaterials are highly suitable for the assembling of electrodes for supercapacitors and of systems for H-storage, where a challenging task is the achievement of architectures characterized by multiscale pore connectivity. Examples illustrative of such applications will be briefly reviewed.

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