Nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage

Q Zhang, E Uchaker, SL Candelaria… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured materials are advantageous in offering huge surface to volume ratios,
favorable transport properties, altered physical properties, and confinement effects resulting …

Micro‐ and Nano‐Structured Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5) for Electrodes of Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Y Yue, H Liang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) has played important roles in lithium‐ion batteries due to its
unique crystalline structure. To assist researchers understanding the roles this material …

Spinel compounds as multivalent battery cathodes: a systematic evaluation based on ab initio calculations

M Liu, Z Rong, R Malik, P Canepa, A Jain… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Batteries that shuttle multivalent ions such as Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions are promising
candidates for achieving higher energy density than available with current Li-ion technology …

Revitalized interest in vanadium pentoxide as cathode material for lithium-ion batteries and beyond

J Yao, Y Li, RC Massé, E Uchaker, G Cao - Energy Storage Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Revitalized interest in vanadium pentoxide (V 2 O 5) arises from two very important
developments in rechargeable batteries. One is the push on lithium-ion batteries for higher …

Recent advances in nanostructured vanadium oxides and composites for energy conversion

M Liu, B Su, Y Tang, X Jiang… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vanadium oxides are known for their multioxidation states and diverse crystalline structures.
Owing to their excellent interactions with molecules or ions, outstanding catalytic activities …

Recent progress in the applications of vanadium‐based oxides on energy storage: from low‐dimensional nanomaterials synthesis to 3D micro/nano‐structures and …

P Liu, K Zhu, Y Gao, H Luo, L Lu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With revolutionary electric vehicles and the smart grid fast develo**, more advanced
energy storage technologies become quite crucial issues. Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) and Na‐ion …

Template-Free Synthesis of VO2 Hollow Microspheres with Various Interiors and Their Conversion into V2O5 for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

A Pan, HB Wu, L Yu, XWD Lou - Angewandte Chemie, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Hollow micro-and nano-structures have attracted great interest because of their promising
applications in a wide range of areas.[1–3] Substantial efforts have been dedicated to the …

Advanced high energy density secondary batteries with multi‐electron reaction materials

R Chen, R Luo, Y Huang, F Wu, L Li - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary batteries have become important for smart grid and electric vehicle applications,
and massive effort has been dedicated to optimizing the current generation and improving …

Graphene-modified nanostructured vanadium pentoxide hybrids with extraordinary electrochemical performance for Li-ion batteries

Q Liu, ZF Li, Y Liu, H Zhang, Y Ren, CJ Sun… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The long-standing issues of low intrinsic electronic conductivity, slow lithium-ion diffusion
and irreversible phase transitions on deep discharge prevent the high specific …

An all-in-one nanopore battery array

C Liu, EI Gillette, X Chen, AJ Pearse, AC Kozen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
A single nanopore structure that embeds all components of an electrochemical storage
device could bring about the ultimate miniaturization in energy storage. Self-alignment of …