Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- 1 High Performance Polymer Hydrogel Based Materials for Fuel Cells -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Hydrogel Electrolyte -- 1.3 Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogel -- 1.3.1 Chitosan-based Hydrogel in Fuel Cells -- 1.3.2 Chitosan Membrane for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell -- 1.3.3 Chitosan Membrane for Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell -- 1.3.4 Chitosan for Fuel Cell Electrode -- Summary -- References -- 2 PVAc Based Polymer Blend Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Polymer Electrolytes -- 2.1.2 Role of Polymers in Electrolyte -- 2.1.3 Polymers -- 2.1.4 Advantages of Polymer Electrolytes in Battery -- 2.1.5 Poly Vinyl Acetate (PVAc) -- 2.1.6 PVAc Based Polymer Electrolytes -- 2.1.7 Surface and Structural Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Lithium Polymer Batteries Based on Ionic Liquids -- 3.1 Lithium Batteries -- 3.1.1 Introduction -- 3.1.2 Lithium Polymer Batteries -- 3.2 Lithium Polymer Batteries Containing Ionic Liquids -- 3.2.1 Ionic Liquids -- 3.2.2 Ionic Liquid-Based Polymer Electrolytes -- 3.2.3 Ionic Liquid-Based, Lithium Polymer Battery Performance -- Glossary -- References -- 4 Organic Quantum Dots Grown by Molecular Layer Deposition for Photovoltaics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Molecular Layer Deposition -- 4.3 Concept of Solar Cells with Organic Quantum Dots -- 4.4 Polymer Multiple Quantum Dots -- 4.4.1 Fabrication Process and Structures -- 4.4.2 Structural Confirmation of Polymer MQDs -- 4.4.3 Photocurrent Spectra -- 4.4.4 MLD on TiO2 Layer -- 4.5 Molecular Multiple Quantum Dots -- 4.5.1 Fabrication Process and Structures -- 4.5.2 Structural Confirmation of Molecular MQDs -- 4.5.3 Photocurrent Spectra -- 4.6 Waveguide-Type Solar Cells -- 4.6.1 Proposed Structures -- 4.6.2 Photocurrent Enhancement by Guided Lights.

4.6.3 Film-Based Integrated Solar Cells -- 4.7 Summary -- References -- 5 Solvent Effects in Polymer Based Organic Photovoltaics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Solar Cell Device Structure and Prepartion -- 5.3 Spin-Coating of Active Layer -- 5.4 Influence of Solvent on Morphology -- 5.4.1 Crystallization Process and Cluster Formation -- 5.4.2 Lateral Structures -- 5.4.3 Vertical Material Composition -- 5.4.4 Mesoscopic Morphology -- 5.5 Residual Solvent -- 5.5.1 Absolute Solvent Content in Homopolymer Films -- 5.5.2 Lateral Solvent Distribution -- 5.6 Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 6 Polymer-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Hybrid Solar Cell -- 6.1.2 Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers -- 6.1.3 Inorganic Semiconductors -- 6.1.4 Solar Cell Device Characterization -- 6.2 Hybrid Conjugated Polymer-Inorganic Semiconductor Composites -- 6.2.1 Inorganic Semiconductor in a Bilayer Structure -- 6.2.2 Inorganic Semiconductor as a Blend with Conjugated Polymer -- 6.2.3 Inorganic Metal Oxide as Charge Transport Layer -- 6.3 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Semiconducting Polymer-based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Optical Properties of Semiconducting Polymers -- 7.3 Electrical Properties of Semiconducting Polymers -- 7.4 Mechanical Properties Polymer Solar Cells -- 7.5 Processing of Polymers -- 7.6 State-of-the-art of the Technology -- References -- 8 Energy Gas Storage in Porous Polymers -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Microporous Organic Polymers -- 8.2.1 Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity -- 8.2.2 Conjugated Microporous Polymers -- 8.2.3 Hypercrosslinked Polymer -- 8.2.4 Covalent Organic Frameworks -- 8.3 Characterization of MOPs -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviation -- References -- Index.