Polymer-Engineered Nanostructures for Advanced Energy Applications

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of engineering nanostructures using functional polymers alongside optimal synthesis and processing techniques, focusing on polymer-engineered nanostructures for advanced energy applications. It explores various polymers that serve as precursors, templates, nano-reactors, surfactants, stabilizers, modifiers, dopants, and spacers, facilitating self-assembly and growth of diverse nanostructures. The text details a wide range of polymer processing techniques that enable efficient design and fabrication of nanostructured polymers, inorganics, and organic–inorganic nanocomposites through in-situ hybridization and ex-situ recombination methodologies. Emphasizing cutting-edge breakthroughs and future insights, it discusses applications in photovoltaics, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, batteries, supercapacitors, photocatalysis, and hydrogen generation and storage. Serving as an instructive guide, it aims to advance energy materials to meet growing global demands. Contributions from respected international experts ensure this resource is valuable for scientists, students, and engineers in polymer science, renewable energy materials, materials engineering, chemistry, physics, surface/interface science, and nanotechnology, making it suitable as a textbook for universities and industrial institutions.