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Bin Ding
Jianyong Yu Editors
Electrospun
Nanofi bers for
Energy and
Environmental
Applications
Nanostructure Science and Technology
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Electrospun Nanofibers for
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Editors
BinDing
JianyongYu
StateKeyLaboratoryforModification
ofChemicalFibersandPolymerMaterials
CollegeofMaterialsScience
andEngineering
DonghuaUniversity
Shanghai,China
NanomaterialsResearchCenter
ModernTextileInstitute
DonghuaUniversity
Shanghai,China
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Preface
Energyand environmenthead thelist of topglobalproblemsfacingsocietyin the
twenty-firstcentury.Nanotechnologyisrespondingtothesechallengesbydesigning
andfabricatingfunctionalnanofibersoptimizedforenergyandenvironmentalappli-
cations.Theroutetowardsthesenano-objectsisbasedprimarilyonelectrospinning:
a highly versatile method that allows the fabrication of continuous fibers with
diametersdowntoafewnanometers.Inrecentyears,breakthroughsinelectrospun
nanofibers,especiallyintheirapplicationsintheenergyandenvironmentalsectors,
have opened up the possibility of moving beyond our current options to ensure
sustainableenergyandpreserveourenvironmentforthefuture.
Thisbook,ElectrospunNanofibersforEnergyandEnvironmentalApplications,
is a collection of 20 chapters contributed by the world’s leading experts in the
electrospinning field. Each chapter covers a special subject that falls within three
general areas: Introduction, energy applications, and environmental applications,
correspondingtothethreepartsofthebook.
Part I Introduction first provides a general overview of the electrospinning
technique, including the history, basic principles, theoretical background, and
controlling parameters. This is followed by a detailed introduction to electrospun
nanofibers, involvingthe materials classes as well as the morphologiesand struc-
turesofnanofibers.Finally,abriefanalysisofnanofibersusedforadvancedenergy
andenvironmentalapplicationsindicatestheirsubstantialandpromisingimpact.
Part II Electrospun nanofibers for energy applications covers the main devel-
opmentsintheuseofnanofibersinenergyconservationandstorage.Eachchapter
reports on recent contributions of nanofibers in selected areas of energy, such as
fuel cells, electrodes of lithium-ion batteries, separators for lithium-ion batteries,
dye-sensitizedsolarcells,organicandhybridsolarcells,supercapacitors,hydrogen
storage,thermalstorage,andcarbondioxidecapture.
Part III Electrospun nanofibers for environmental applications focuses on the
potentialapplicationsofnanofibersinenvironmentalmonitoringandmanagement,
whicharemainlyconcernedwiththeever-growingissuesofwaterandairpollution.
Thesechapterspresenthowfunctionalnanofibershelptoimprovetheenvironment
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incontextssuchassensors,airandliquidfiltration,structurally-coloredfibers,fibers
with photocatalytic, self-cleaning and adsorbentproperties, oil spill clean-up, and
electromagneticshielding,examiningthemindepth.
This book is intended to provide a balanced treatment of the various topics
of electrospun nanofibers in energy and environmental-related areas with both a
generaloverviewanddetaileddiscussionstosuitabroaderaudience.Wesincerely
hope it will pique your interest in electrospun nanofibers and their fascinating
applicationsinenergyandenvironmentalrelatedareas.
China BinDing
November,2013 JianyongYu
Contents
PartI Introduction
1 ElectrospunNanofibers:SolvingGlobalIssues ......................... 3
YangSi,XiaominTang,JianyongYu,andBinDing
PartII ElectrospunNanofibersforEnergyApplications
2 Electrospun Nanofibers for Design and Fabrication
ofElectrocatalystsandElectrolyteMembranesforFuelcells......... 41
ZhanLin,YingfangYao,andXiangwuZhang
3 ApplicationsofElectrospinninginDesignandFabrication
ofElectrodesforLithium-IonBatteries.................................. 69
AikifaRaza, JianyongYu, YunyunZhai, GangSun,
andBinDing
4 Electrospun Fibrous Membranes as Separators
ofLithium-IonBatteries................................................... 91
ShuiliangChen,WanYe,andHaoqingHou
5 ElectrospunOxideNanofibersforDye-SensitizedSolarCells......... 111
QinghongZhang,YichuanRui,andLiZhang
6 ApplicationofElectrospunNanofibersinOrganicPhotovoltaics..... 141
SurawutChuangchoteandTakashiSagawa
7 ApplicationofNanofibersinSupercapacitors........................... 163
KaiWeiandIckSooKim
8 ApplicationsofBulk andNanostructuredPolyaniline
inHydrogenStorage ....................................................... 183
SeshaS.Srinivasan
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9 ElectrospinningofPhase-ChangeMaterialsforThermal
EnergyStorage.............................................................. 227
LingeWang,ChangzhongChen,andYongHuang
10 ElectrospunNanofibrousSorbentsandMembranesfor
CarbonDioxideCapture................................................... 249
XianfengWangandBingyunLi
PartIII Electrospun Nanofibers for
EnvironmentalApplications
11 ElectrospunNanofiber-BasedSensors ................................... 267
XueqinWang,YanLi,andBinDing
12 ElectrospunNanofibersforAirFiltration............................... 299
NaWang, XueMao, ShichaoZhang, JianyongYu,
andBinDing
13 ElectrospunNanofibrousMembranesforLiquidFiltration........... 325
RanWang,BenjaminS.Hsiao,andBenjaminChu
14 ProtectiveClothingBasedonElectrospunNanofibrous
Membranes.................................................................. 355
AikifaRaza, YangLi, JunluSheng, JianyongYu,
andBinDing
15 ElectrospunNanofiber-BasedPhotocatalysts ........................... 371
XiaofengLuandCeWang
16 Multicomponent Nanofibers via Electrospinning
ofPolymersandColloidalDispersionsforEnvironmental
andOpticalApplications .................................................. 403
KeqinZhang,WeiYuan,NingZhou,andChaojieWu
17 ApplicationsofElectrospunNanofibersinOilSpillCleanup ......... 433
AikifaRaza,JianlongGe,YangSi,JianyongYu,GangSun,
andBinDing
18 ElectrospunSuperhydrophobicSelf-CleaningMaterials.............. 449
YongZhaoandNüWang
19 AdsorbentsBasedonElectrospunNanofibers .......................... 473
XueqinWang,JianlongGe,YangSi,andBinDing
20 ApplicationofElectrospunNanofibersinElectromagnetic
InterferenceShielding...................................................... 497
Qing-QingNi,HongXia,XudongJin,andFanLiu
Part I
Introduction
