title: Multifunctional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Energy Storage Applications.
abstract: Carbon nanostructures-including graphene, fullerenes,etc.-have found applications in a number of areas synergistically with a number of other materials. These multifunctional carbon nanostructures have recently attracted tremendous interest for energy storage applications due to their large aspect ratios, specific surface areas, and electrical conductivity. This succinct review aims to report on the recent advances in energy storage applications involving these multifunctional carbon nanostructures. The advanced design and testing of multifunctional carbon nanostructures for energy storage applications-specifically, electrochemical capacitors, lithium ion batteries, and fuel cells-are emphasized with comprehensive examples.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37976, USA. ywang160@utk.edu.
authors.forename: Yiran
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37976, USA. hwei@lamar.edu.
authors.forename: Huige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Materials Engineering and Nanosensor Laboratory (MEAN), Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA. ylu2@lamar.edu.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA. Suying.Wei@lamar.edu.
authors.forename: Suying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Materials Engineering and Nanosensor Laboratory (MEAN), Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA. ylu2@lamar.edu.
authors.forename: Evan K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Wujcik
authors.affiliation: Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37976, USA. zguo10@utk.edu.
authors.forename: Zhanhu
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authors.lastname: Guo
keywords: CNT; battery; capacitor; energy storage; fuel cell; graphene; multifunctional; nanocarbon; nanocomposite; nanomaterial