This book provides a comprehensive overview of engineering
nanostructures mediated by functional polymers in combination with
optimal synthesis and processing techniques. The focus is on
polymer-engineered nanostructures for advanced energy applications.
It discusses a variety of polymers that function as precursors,
templates, nano-reactors, surfactants, stabilizers, modifiers, dopants,
and spacers for directing self-assembly, assisting organization, and
templating growth of numerous diverse nanostructures.
It also presents a wide range of polymer processing techniques that
enable the efficient design and optimal fabrication of nanostructured
polymers, inorganics, and organic-inorganic nanocomposites using in-situ
hybridization and/or ex-situ recombination methodologies.
Combining state-of-the-art knowledge from polymer-guided fabrication of
advanced nanostructures and their unique properties, it especially
highlights the new, cutting-edge breakthroughs, future horizons, and
insights into such nanostructured materials in applications such as
photovoltaics, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics,
ferroelectrics, batteries, supercapacitors, photocatalysis, and hydrogen
generation and storage. It offers an instructive and approachable guide
to polymer-engineered nanostructures for further development of advanced
energy materials to meet ever-increasing global energy demands.
Interdisciplinary and broad perspectives from internationally respected
contributors ensure this book serves as a valuable reference source for
scientists, students, and engineers working in polymer science,
renewable energy materials, materials engineering, chemistry, physics,
surface/interface science, and nanotechnology. It is also suitable as a
textbook for universities, institutes, and industrial institutions.
