TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- PART I: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 1 FULLERENES, HIGHER FULLERENES, AND THEIR HYBRIDS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 FULLERENE, HIGHER FULLERENES, AND NANOHYBRIDS: STRUCTURES AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 1.3 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION -- 1.4 ENERGY APPLICATIONS -- 1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FULLERENE SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING -- REFERENCES -- 2 CARBON NANOTUBES -- 2.1 SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES -- 2.2 CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOTUBES -- 2.3 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHENE -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 OVERVIEW OF GRAPHENE SYNTHESIS METHODOLOGIES -- 3.3 GRAPHENE CHARACTERIZATIONS -- 3.4 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- 4 DOPING CARBON NANOMATERIALS WITH HETEROATOMS -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 LOCAL BONDING OF THE DOPANTS -- 4.3 SYNTHESIS OF HETERODOPED NANOCARBONS -- 4.4 CHARACTERIZATION OF HETERODOPED NANOTUBES AND GRAPHENE -- 4.5 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS -- 4.6 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- PART II: CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION -- 5 HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER SOLAR CELLS CONTAINING CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES -- 5.3 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS CHARGE EXTRACTION LAYERS -- 5.4 CARBON NANOMATERIALS IN THE ACTIVE LAYER -- 5.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 6 GRAPHENE FOR ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND ITS PRINTABLE APPLICATIONS -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHENE -- 6.2 ENERGY HARVESTING FROM SOLAR CELLS -- 6.3 OPV DEVICES -- 6.4 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES -- 6.5 SUPERCAPACITORS -- 6.6 GRAPHENE INKS -- 6.7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 7 QUANTUM DOT AND HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS CONTAINING CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION.

7.2 QD SOLAR CELLS CONTAINING CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 7.3 CARBON NANOMATERIAL/SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS -- 7.4 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 8 FUEL CELL CATALYSTS BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 NANOCARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYSTS -- 8.3 INTERFACE INTERACTION BETWEEN Pt CLUSTERS AND GRAPHITIC SURFACE -- 8.4 CARBON CATALYST -- REFERENCES -- PART III: CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE -- 9 SUPERCAPACITORS BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 SUPERCAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE -- 9.3 NANOPOROUS CARBON -- 9.4 GRAPHENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES -- 9.5 NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON COMPOSITES -- 9.6 OTHER COMPOSITES WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 9.7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10 LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 IMPROVING LI-ION BATTERY ENERGY DENSITY -- 10.3 IMPROVEMENTS TO LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES USING CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 10.4 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS CONDUCTIVE ADDITIVES -- 10.5 SWCNT ADDITIVES TO INCREASE ENERGY DENSITY -- 10.6 CARBON NANOMATERIALS AS CURRENT COLLECTORS -- 10.7 IMPLEMENTATION OF CARBON NANOMATERIAL CURRENT COLLECTORS FOR STANDARD ELECTRODE COMPOSITES -- 10.8 IMPLEMENTATION OF CARBON NANOMATERIAL CURRENT COLLECTORS FOR ALLOYING ACTIVE MATERIALS -- 10.9 ULTRASONIC BONDING FOR POUCH CELL DEVELOPMENT -- 10.10 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 11 LITHIUM/SULFUR BATTERIES BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 FUNDAMENTALS OF LITHIUM/SULFUR CELLS -- 11.3 NANOSTRUCTURE CARBON-SULFUR -- 11.4 CARBON LAYER AS A POLYSULFIDE SEPARATOR -- 11.5 OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- 12 LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES BASED ON CARBON NANOMATERIALS -- 12.1 METAL-AIR BATTERIES -- 12.2 Li-AIR CHEMISTRY -- 12.3 CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR LI-AIR CELLS CATHODE -- 12.4 AMORPHOUS CARBONS -- 12.5 GRAPHITIC CARBONS -- 12.6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

13 CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS FOR H2 STORAGE -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 HYDROGEN STORAGE IN FULLERENES -- 13.3 HYDROGEN STORAGE IN CARBON NANOTUBES -- 13.4 HYDROGEN STORAGE IN GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS -- 13.5 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.