Carbon-Based Nanomaterials Using Low-Temperature Plasmas for Energy Storage Application

Abstract

The increasing demands for energy serve as the essential factor of current research and development toward innovative energy storage systems. Hence, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and supercapacitors (SCs) have received considerable interests, in which carbon-based materials have been tremendously investigated as active material as well as in nano-composite form. Among various strategies, plasma is a novel approach due to its unique environment, high efficiency, shorter duration, and large scalability. This chapter provides an overview of carbon-based architectures as electrode materials for LIBs and SCs via plasma-based approaches, especially carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and vertical graphene nanosheets (VGNSs). The chapter starts with a general introduction of two energy storage devices, specific active materials for different types of devices as well as advantages and challenges of these systems. Subsequently, plasma-based approaches for synthesizing CNTs and VGNSs are reviewed. The utilization of carbon-based composites for enhanced electrochemical performance is also presented. To conclude, the main aim of this chapter is to provide an outline of recent progresses and perspectives on carbon-based architectures as electrodes for LIBs and SCs.