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Graphene Oxide in Enhancing Energy Storage Devices The world is filled with electronic devices that use batteries and supercapacitors, such as laptops, cellphones, and cameras, creating the need for the efficient and effective production of good energy storage devices. The depletion of fossil fuels demands alternative sources of energy, which prompted the creation of solar cell ( photovoltaic) and fuel cell technologies. The introduction of graphene oxides to these technologies helps improve the performance of various energy storage and conversion devices. This book provides a broad review of graphene oxide synthesis and its applications in various energy storage devices. The chapters explore various fundamental principles and the foundations of different energy conversion and storage devices with respect to their advancement due to the emergence of graphene oxide, such as supercapacitors, batteries, and fuel cells. This book will enable research toward improving the performance of various energy storage devices using graphene oxides and will be a valuable reference for researchers and scientists working across physics, engineering, and chemistry on different types of graphene oxide-based energy storage and conversion devices. Graphene Oxide in Enhancing Energy Storage Devices Edited by Fabian I. Ezema, Ishaq Ahmad, and Tingkai Zhao First edition published 2022 by CRC Press 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 and by CRC Press 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Edited by Fabian I. Ezema, Tingkai Zhao and Ishaq Ahmad; individual chapters, the contributors Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and pub- lisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. 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For works that are not available on CCC please contact mpkbookspermis- [email protected] Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data Names: Ezema, Fabian I., editor. | Ahmad, Ishaq, editor. | Zhao, Tingkai, editor. Title: Graphene oxide in enhancing energy storage devices / edited by Fabian I. Ezema and Tingkai Zhao and Ishaq Ahmad. Description: First edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022023211 | ISBN 9781032062181 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032104102 (pbk) | ISBN 9781003215196 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Graphene. | Electric batteries–Materials. | Capacitors–Materials. | Energy storage–Materials. Classification: LCC TK2945.C37 G73 2022 | DDC 621.31/242–dc23/eng/20220818 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022023211 ISBN: 9781032062181 (hbk) ISBN: 9781032104102 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003215196 (ebk) DOI: 10.1201/9781003215196 Typeset in Times by codeMantra Contents Editors ......................................................................................................................vii Contributors ..............................................................................................................ix Chapter 1 Elementary Concept of Graphene Oxide Additive in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology .......................................................1 Sylvester M. Mbam, Ericdavid E. Ugochukwu, Sabastine E. Ugwuanyi, Raphael M. Obodo, Assumpta. C. Nwanya, A. B. C. Ekwealor, Ishaq Ahmad, Malik Maaza, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 2 The Role of Graphene Oxide in Enhancement of Working Principle of Dielectric Capacitors as Energy Storage Device ............19 Hope E. Nsude, Kingsley U. Nsude, Sabastine E. Ugwuanyi, Raphael M. Obodo, Malik Maaza, and F. I. Ezema Chapter 3 Graphene – An Energy Storage Material ...........................................37 Venkatesh Koushick, Jeyachandran Eindhumathy, Chandrasekar Divya, Manickam Anusuya, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 4 Recent Advances in Graphene Oxide–Based Fuel Cells ...................47 Agnes Chinecherem Nkele, Chinedu P. Chime, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 5 The Prospects of Graphene Oxide ( GO) in Improving Efficiency of Energy Storage Devices .................................................................59 Balasubramaniam Yogeswari, Manickam Anusuya, Raju Venkatesh, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 6 Recent Progress in Graphene Water Purification and Recycling Using Energy Storage Devices ...........................................................67 Sabastine E. Ugwuanyi, Hope E. Nsude, Raphael M. Obodo, Ishaq Ahmad, Malik Maaza, and F. I. Ezema Chapter 7 Lithium Ion Battery ( LIBs) Performance Optimization using Graphene Oxide..................................................................................75 Raphael M. Obodo, Hope E. Nsude, Sabastine E. Ugwuanyi, David C. Iwueke, Chinedu Iroegbu, Tariq Mehmood, Ishaq Ahmad, Malik Maaza, and Fabian I. Ezema v vi Contents Chapter 8 Effects of Addition of Graphene Oxide on Energy Density of Supercapacitor ....................................................................................87 Izunna S. Okeke, Raphael M. Obodo, Eugene O. Echeweozo, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 9 Application of Graphene Oxide in Fuel Cells Fabrication and Performance Optimization ...............................................................103 Malachy N Asogwa, Sylvester M. Mbam, Ada C. Agbogu, Raphael. M. Obodo, Assumpta C Nwanya, Malik Maaza, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 10 Role of Graphene Oxide ( GO) in Enhancing Performance of Energy Storage Devices ...................................................................113 S. Meyvel, M. Malarvizhi, M. Dakshana, and P. Sathya Chapter 11 The Science of High-Energy Graphene Oxide–Based Materials for Hybrid Energy Storage Applications ..........................................151 Moses Kigozi, Blessing N. Ezealigo, Gabriel N. Kasozi, Emmanuel Tebandeke, and John Baptist Kirabira Chapter 12 Recent Advances in Composites of Mixed Transition Metal Oxides and Graphene Oxide–Based Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries .......................................................................193 Onyekachi Nwakanma and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 13 Flexible Supercapacitors Based on Graphene Oxide .......................209 Swati N. Pusawale Chapter 14 Graphene Oxide Application for Flexible Energy Storage Devices ................................................................................235 Chinemerem Jerry Ozoude, Raphael M. Obodo, Ikechukwu Ifeanyi Timothy, and Fabian I. Ezema Chapter 15 Effect of Carbon Addition as an Active Material in Fabrication of Energy Storage Devices ...............................................................259 Malachy N. Asogwa, Ada C. Agbogu, Assumpta C. Nwanya, and Fabian I. Ezema Index ......................................................................................................................283 Editors Fabian I. Ezema is a Professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He obtained a PhD and an MSc in Physics and Astronomy from University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a BSc from the then Anambra State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. His researches are on several areas of Materials Science: synthesis and characterizations of particles and t hin-film materials through chemical routes with emphasis on energy applications. He is interested in materials for thin-film solar cells fabrication and nanoparticle synthesis. For the last 15 years, he has been working on the nano-/ submicron-sized materials for energy conversion and storage ( cathodes, anodes, supercapacitors, thin-film solar cells, DSSC, etc.), including novel methods of synthesis, characterization and evalua- tion of the electrochemical and optical properties. Prof. Dr. Ishaq Ahmad currently holds the positions of Director General, Centre of Excellence in Physics, National Centre for Physics, Islamabad. He obtained his PhD of Engineering in Nuclear Technology and Applications in Materials Science from Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate University of CAS ( Chinese Academy of Science), Beijing, China. He has co-authored over 180 research papers in internationally reputed journals and contributed 6 books and 8 book chapters in reputed publishers. He supervised several Master’s, PhD, and Postdoctoral local and abroad students. His research interests are focused on ion beam applications in materials/ nanomaterials, synthesis of nanomaterials/ thin films and ion beam analysis of materials. He was TWAS- UNESCO-iThemba LABS research Associate from 2014 to 2016. He has established international nano center called “ NPU-NCP Joint International Research Center on Advanced Nanomaterials & Defects Engineering” at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China with the collaboration of Prof. Dr. Zhao Tingkai. He has many awards and hours on his credit. Dr. Tingkai Zhao is currently working as a Full Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Northwestern Polytechnical University ( NPU, Xi’an China) and obtained his PhD from Materials Science and Engineering of Xi’an Jiaotong University ( XJTU, Xi’an China) in 2005. He is a Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials ( IAAM, Sweden) and Vebleo Fellow. As a director of NPU-NCP Joint International Research Center on Advanced Nanomaterials & Defects Engineering and V ice-director of Shaanxi Engineering vii viii Editors Laboratory for Graphene New Carbon Materials & Applications, his research topics include the synthesis of graphene, carbon nanotubes ( single-wall, multi-wall CNTs and amorphous CNTs), flexible graphite, 2D nanomaterials ( like MXene), the growth mechanism, and applications of carbon nanomaterials in composites, energy conversion ( solar cell, supercapacitor, and L i-ion batteries), smart devices, and biosen- sors. He has published 5 English books, 19 Chinese patents, and more than 150 SCI Papers at journals, and also served as reviewer of many international journals. He has been awarded 25 Honors & Rewards including the first prize of the Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province in 2013. Dr. Zhao’s achievements have also been reported four times in Science Daily, the famous newspaper media of China. He held international conferences every year as Chair of International Symposium on Graphene Advanced Nanomaterials & Defects Engineering ( GANDE) and Chair of International Conference on Graphene Novel Nanomaterials ( GNN). Contributors Ada C. Agbogu M. Dakshana Department of Physics and Astronomy Sathyabama Institute of Science and University of Nigeria Technology Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Ishaq Ahmad Chandrasekar Divya National Center for Physics CITE Quaid- i-Azam University Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Islamabad, Pakistan Tirunelveli, India NPU-NCP Joint International Research Center on Advanced Nanomaterials Eugene O. Echeweozo and Defects Engineering Department of Physics with Northwestern Polytechnical University Electronics Xi’an, China Evangel University Nanosciences African Network Akaeze, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ( NANOAFNET) iThemba LABS-National Research Jeyachandran Eindhumathy Foundation Department of ECE Somerset West, Western Cape Province, Saranathan College of South Africa Engineering Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India Manickam Anusuya Registrar, Indra Ganesan Group of A. B. C. Ekwealor Institutions Department of Physics and Astronomy Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria Malachy N. Asogwa Department of Physics and Astronomy Blessing N. Ezealigo University of Nigeria Dipartimento di Ingegeneria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali Assumpta C. Nwanya Universita Degli Studi di Cagliari via Department of Physics and Astronomy Marengo University of Nigeria Cagliari, Italy Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria Chinedu P. Chime Agricultural & Bioresources Engineering University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria ix