Metal Oxide-Carbon Hybrid Materials

Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Muhammad Akram Chaudhry, Rafaqat Hussain, Faheem K. Butt

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780128226940
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128227084
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Metal Oxide–Carbon Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications reviews the advances in the fabrication and application of metal oxide–carbon-based nanocomposite materials. Their unique properties make them ideal materials for gas-sensing, photonics, catalysis, opto-electronic, and energy-storage applications. In the first section, the historical background to the hybrid materials based on metal oxide–carbon and the hybridized metal oxide composites is provided. It also highlights several popular methods for the preparation of metal oxide–carbon composites through solid-state or solution-phase reactions, and extensively discusses the materials' properties. Fossil fuels and renewable energy sources cannot meet the ever-increasing energy demands of an industrialized and technology-driven global society. Therefore, the role of metal oxide–carbon composites in energy generation, hydrogen production, and storage devices, such as rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, is of extreme importance. These problems are discussed in in the second section of the book. Rapid industrialization has resulted in serious environmental issues which in turn have caused serious health problems that require the immediate attention of researchers. In the third section, the use of metal oxide–carbon composites in water purification, photodegradation of industrial contaminants, and biomedical applications that can help to clean the environment and provide better healthcare solutions is described. The final section is devoted to the consideration of problems associated with the development of sensors for various applications. Numerous studies performed in this area have shown that the use of composites can significantly improve the operating parameters of such devices. Metal Oxide–Carbon Hybrid Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications presents a comprehensive review of the science related to metal oxide–carbon composites and how researchers are utilizing these materials to provide solutions to a large array of problems. - Reviews the fundamental properties and fabrication methods of metal-oxide–carbon composites - Discusses applications in energy, including energy generation, hydrogen production and storage, rechargeable batteries, and supercapacitors - Includes current and emerging applications in environmental remediation and sensing

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• The Metal Oxides Book Series Edited by Ghenadii Korotcenkov
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• Volume editor biographies
• Series editor biography
• Preface to the volume
• Preface to the series
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• 1 : Physical and chemical aspects of metal oxide–carbon composites
• 2 : Metal oxide–carbon composite: synthesis and properties by using conventional enabling technologies
• 3 : Electrical conductivity of metal oxide–carbon composites
• 4 : Photoelectrochemical properties for metal oxide–carbon hybrid materials
• 5 : Functionalized multimetal oxide–carbon nanotube-based nanocomposites and their properties
• 6 : Metal oxide–carbon composites for supercapacitor applications
• 7 : Hierarchical porous carbon-incorporated metal-based nanocomposites for secondary metal-ion batteries
• 8 : Metal oxide–carbon nanofibers based composites for supercapacitors and batteries
• 9 : Metal oxide–carbon composite electrode materials for rechargeable batteries
• 10 : Two-dimensional transition metal carbide (MXene) for enhanced energy storage
• 11 : Vanadium oxide–carbon composites and their energy storage applications
• 12 : Metal oxide–carbon composites and their applications in optoelectronics and electrochemical energy devices
• 13 : Graphene oxide–metal oxide composites, syntheses, and applications in water purification
• 14 : Biomedical applications of metal oxide–carbon composites
• 15 : Antimicrobial studies of metal oxide nanomaterials
• 16 : Metal oxide–carbon nanotube composites for photodegradation
• 17 : Potential carbon nanotube–metal oxide hybrid nanostructures for gas-sensing applications
• 18 : Drug-detection performance of carbon nanotubes decorated with metal oxide nanoparticles
• 19 : Role of functionalized metal oxide–carbon nanocomposites in biomolecule detection
• 20 : Metal oxide/carbon nanotube hybrid nanomaterials as ultraviolet photodetectors
• Index
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