Carbon nanostructures for energy storage

Summary form only given. It is noted that energy storage is one of the main stumbling blocks of the energy resource management. Supercapacitors and batteries play an important role as portable and permanent energy storage media. In recent years, increased use of nanomaterials resulted in greater efficiency and life time of these storage devices. Special attention on control of the surface area as well as porosity helped to improve the performance of supercapacitors and batteries. This talk will focus on the incorporation of carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers and graphene as electrodes and electrolytes. Status of hybrid energy storage using batteries and supercapacitors based on these carbon nanostructures and carbon nano composites will also be presented.