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Role of Carbon Derivatives in Enhancing Metal Oxide Performances as Electrodes for Energy Storage Devices

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Chemically Deposited Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Thin Films

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Carbon derivatives like graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and several other derived materials have arose as favourable solution in enhancing the challenges facing renewable energy transformation and storing devices. The problems they had to solve are due to large specific surface area (SSA), great chemical stability, high electrical conductivity as well as extraordinary mechanical flexibility and strength. This chapter is an assemblage of some properties of carbon derivatives and metal oxide composites for enhancement of energy storage devices (batteries and supercapacitors). This chapter will explicitly study the role of carbon derivatives in upgrading the cycle stability, life span, storage capacity and non-toxic nature of electrodes for energy storage device applications. This study will evaluate the easiest and cheapest technique of fabrication of affordable, portable and available electrode materials for these energy storage devices based on carbon derivatives.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

    Raphael M. Obodo, Assumpta C. Nwanya & Fabian I. Ezema

  2. National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Raphael M. Obodo & Ishaq Ahmad

  3. NPU-NCP Joint International Research Center on Advanced Nanomaterials and Defects Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

    Raphael M. Obodo & Ishaq Ahmad

  4. Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Somerset West, Western Cape Province, South Africa

    Assumpta C. Nwanya, Ishaq Ahmad & Fabian I. Ezema

  5. UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa

    Assumpta C. Nwanya & Fabian I. Ezema

  6. African Centre of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems (ACE-FUELS), Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria

    Innocent S. Ike

  7. Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria

    Innocent S. Ike

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Obodo, R.M., Nwanya, A.C., Ike, I.S., Ahmad, I., Ezema, F.I. (2021). Role of Carbon Derivatives in Enhancing Metal Oxide Performances as Electrodes for Energy Storage Devices. In: Ezema, F.I., Lokhande, C.D., Jose, R. (eds) Chemically Deposited Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Thin Films. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68462-4_18

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