Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Application in Different Fields – A Short Review

Abstract

Carbon in its single entity and various forms has been used in technology and human life for many centuries. Since prehistoric times, carbon-based materials such as graphite, charcoal and carbon black have been used as writing and drawing materials. Conjugated carbon nanomaterial like fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, activated carbon and graphite in the past two and a half decades for their exclusive properties have been used as energy materials. Carbon nanostructures have recently found application in many diverse areas such as electronics, drug delivery, sensors, field emission devices, composite materials, energy storage and conversion due to their outstanding electrical, thermal, mechanical and chemical properties. The demand for energy increases day by day. To compete with this demand there will be no alternatives to carbon nanomaterials. Carbon nanomaterials cab be synthesised by an environmentally friendly and greener method. Also, the production of carbon nanomaterials will be necessary by industrial-scale production to compete with the increasing demand with time. This book chapter will give us an idea about the synthesis and application of carbon-based nanomaterials as reported in different literature.