Recent Applications of 2D Inorganic Nanosheets for Emerging Energy Storage System. Issue 19 (4th January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oh, Seung Mi; Patil, Sharad B.; Jin, Xiaoyan; Hwang, Seong‐Ju
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 24:Issue 19(2018)
• Page Start: 4757
• Page End: 4773
• Publication Date: 2018-01-04
• Subjects: electrocatalysts -- electrodes -- energy storage technology -- exfoliation -- inorganic nanosheets; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704284
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract: Among many types of nanostructured inorganic materials, highly anisotropic 2D nanosheets provide unique advantages in designing and synthesizing efficient electrode and electrocatalyst materials for novel energy storage technologies. 2D inorganic nanosheets boast lots of unique characteristics such as high surface area, short ion diffusion path, tailorable compositions, and tunable electronic structures. These merits of 2D inorganic nanosheets render them promising candidate materials as electrodes for diverse secondary batteries and supercapacitors, and electrocatalysts. A wide spectrum of examples is presented for inorganic nanosheet‐based electrodes and electrocatalysts. Future perspectives in research about 2D nanosheet‐based functional materials are discussed to provide insight for the development of next‐generation energy storage systems using 2D nanostructured materials. Abstract : 2D inorganic nanosheets have gained much interest in the wide fields of applications owing to their intriguing properties. This Minireview presents recent advances in the design and development of 2D inorganic nanosheet‐based electrodes for metal‐ion/air batteries, supercapacitors and electrocatalysts. Synthetic routes for 2D nanosheets, the key aspects of electrode functionalities, and current challenges and future scopes for further developments are discussed.