Smart and Flexible Energy Devices

This book covers materials, basic working principles, and state-of-the-art progress on flexible devices such as fuel cells, solar cells, batteries, and supercapacitors with an emphasis on future demand and challenges.

Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta's research focuses on conducting polymers and composites, green energy production and storage using biowastes and nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, bio-based polymers, flame-retardant polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, corrosion inhibiting coatings, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 230 peer-reviewed articles, made over 280 national, international, and regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, edited many books, and written several book chapters. He has received over two and a half million dollars for research and educational activities from many funding agencies. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and editorial board member of numerous journals. Tuan Anh NGUYEN has completed his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and the University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate & Research Scientist at Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). He has managed 4 Ph.D. theses as thesis director and 3 are in progress; He is Editor-In-Chief of "Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience" and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of "Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention". He is the author of 4 Vietnamese books and Editor of 32 Elsevier books in the Micro & Nano Technologies Series.

Chapter 1. Smart and Flexible Energy Devices: Principles, Advances, and Opportunities Chapter 2. Innovation in Materials and Design for Flexible Energy Devices Chapter 3. Basics and Architectural Aspects of Flexible Energy Devices Chapter 4. Characterization Techniques of Flexible Energy Devices Chapter 5. Micro- and Nanofibers-Based Flexible Energy Devices Chapter 6. 3D Printed Flexible Energy Devices Chapter 7. Environmental Impact of Flexible Energy Devices Chapter 8. Metal Oxide-Based Catalysts for Flexible and Portable Fuel Cells: Current Status and Future Prospects Chapter 9. Flexible Fuel Cells Based on Microbes Chapter 10. Flexible Silicon Photovoltaic Solar Cells Chapter 11. Flexible Solar Cells Based on Metal Oxides Chapter 12. Inorganic Materials for Flexible Solar Cells Chapter 13. Efficient Metal Oxide-Based Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells Chapter 14. Flexible Solar Cells Based on Chalcogenides Chapter 15. Perovskite-based Flexible Solar Cells Chapter 16. Quantum Dots Based Flexible Solar CellsChapter 17. A Method of Strategic Evaluation for Perovskite-Based Flexible Solar Cells Chapter 18. Flexible Batteries Based on Li-ion Chapter 19. Flexible Batteries Based on Na-ion Chapter 20. Flexible Batteries Based on K-ion Chapter 21. Flexible Batteries Based on Zn-ion Chapter 22. Fabrication Techniques for Wearable Batteries Chapter 23. Carbon-Based Advanced Flexible Supercapacitors Chapter 24. 2D Materials for Flexible Supercapacitors Chapter 25. Flexible Supercapacitors Based on Metal Oxides Chapter 26. Recent Advances in Transition Metal Chalcogenides for Flexible Supercapacitors Chapter 27. MOFs-Derived Metal Oxides-Based Compounds for Flexible Supercapacitors Chapter 28. Textile-Based Flexible Supercapacitors Chapter 29. Current Development and Challenges in Textile-Based Flexible Supercapacitors Chapter 30. Flexible Supercapacitors Based on Nanocomposites Chapter 31. Textile-Based Flexible Nanogenerators