Functional Polymer Nanocomposites for Energy Storage and Conversion

by Wang, Qing; Zhu, Lei

• ISBN13: 9780841225435
• ISBN10: 0841225435
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

With rising global oil prices and global warming, energy crisis poses a threat to living standards, societal security, economy, and even global environment. Advanced functional materials, including polymer nanocomposites, have begun to play an unprecedented role in our ultimate objective of sustainable and clean energy production, energy transportation, storage, and end usage. A number of developments and achievements in polymer nanocomposites have been documented during the past decade; however, a focus on applications of functional polymer nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion has not yet been covered in previous ACS symposium series books. This book will present frontier scientific research and technologies in polymer nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion from international and U.S. academic institutions and industries in recent years. Its authors seek to enlighten the future development and directions of polymer nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion. Focusing on three contemporary energy topics - electric energy storage, fuel cells, and photovoltaics, this book endeavors to enhance the national awareness of the feasibility and importance of polymer nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion.

Author Biography

Qing Wang is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. His research programs are centered on using chemical and material engineering approaches towards the development of novel functional polymers and polymer nanocomposites with unique electronic, photonic and transport properties.

Lei Zhu is Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University. His research focuses primarily on polymer ordering at nanoscales.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Nanostructure-Level Modeling of Nonlinear Energy Storage in Polymer-Ceramic Nanocomposites	p. 1
Nanodielectrics for Energy Storage from First Principles Computations	p. 9
Achieving Fast Discharge and Low Loss in Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-graft-Polystyrene Films by Confined Ferroelectricity	p. 23
Ferroelectric Polymer Based Nanocomposites for Electrical Energy Storage	p. 37
Ultrafast IR Spectroscopic Study of Free Carrier Formation in OPV Polymer Blends	p. 53
Recent Progress on Highly Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells	p. 71
Two Scale Roughness, Self-Cleaning, and Low Reflectivity Silicon Surface for Solar Cell Applications	p. 81
Dispersing and Functionalizing Carbon Nanotubes Using Cojugated Block Copolymers	p. 95
Tailoring the Morphology of the Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/C60 Films and Charge Carrier Mobility	p. 123
Quantum Dots in Polymer Films for Light Selectivity	p. 137
Proton Exchange Membrane Nanocomposites	p. 155
Nanohybrid Nafion Membranes for Fuel Cells	p. 171
Degradation Mitigation in PEM Fuel Cells Using Metal NanoParticle and Metal Oxide Additives	p. 187
Indexes
Author Index	p. 211
Subject Index	p. 213
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