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Nanomaterials Enhanced Heat Storage in Molten Salts (2021)
Book Chapter
Guo, X., Hu, D., Yu, L., Xia, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2021). Nanomaterials Enhanced Heat Storage in Molten Salts. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57492-5_6

Molten salts have great potentials as thermal energy storage (TES) media due to their many types and compositions, wide operating temperatures and relatively high values of specific heat capacity. The rapid development of TES technologies in recent y... Read More about Nanomaterials Enhanced Heat Storage in Molten Salts.

Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process (2020)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z., & Fray, D. J. (2020). Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process. In Extractive Metallurgy of Titanium: Conventional and Recent Advances in Extraction and Production of Titanium Metal (227-286). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817200-1.00011-9

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The original patent of the Fray-Farthing-Chen (FFC) Cambridge process was published in 1999, whilst the past 2decades have witnessed significant progresses in many aspects, including commercialisation and lab... Read More about Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process.

Polymer Composites with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Graphene (2018)
Book Chapter
Wei, C. H., Akinwolemiwa, B., Yu, L. P., Hu, D., & Chen, G. Z. (2018). Polymer Composites with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Graphene. In K. Pielichowski, & T. Majka (Eds.), Polymer Composites with Functionalized Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (211-248). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814064-2.00007-X

The functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene (GN) has been shown to be an important prerequisite for the effective coating of their surfaces with polymers. In this chapter, the methods of introducing carboxylic, carbonyl, sulfonic, a... Read More about Polymer Composites with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Graphene.

Building porous graphene architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices (2018)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z., & Chen, Y. (2018). Building porous graphene architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices. In R. Rajagopalan, & A. Balakrishnan (Eds.), Innovations in Engineered Porous Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Applications (86-108). Boca Raton, Florida, USA: Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315184401-3

This chapter offers a critical review of graphene based porous materials for energy applications. Three main recent progresses are discussed on materials synthesis, including (1) potassium hydroxide activated graphenes, (2) graphene hydrogels from hy... Read More about Building porous graphene architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices.

Advanced extractive electrometallurgy (2017)
Book Chapter
Hu, D., & Chen, G. Z. (2017). Advanced extractive electrometallurgy. In Springer Handbook of Electrochemical Energy (801-834). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46657-5_25

© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. This chapter starts with a brief introduction of current technologies for metal extraction via chemical and electrochemical means. A focus is given to recent research and development of new methods for titan... Read More about Advanced extractive electrometallurgy.

Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Supercapacitors (2016)
Book Chapter
Liew, S. Y., Walsh, D. A., & Chen, G. Z. (2016). Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Supercapacitors. In V. Kumar, S. Kalia, & H. C. Swart (Eds.), Conducting polymer hybrids (269-304). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46458-9_9

The use of nanocomposites of electronically-conducting polymers for supercapacitors has increased significantly over the past years, due to their high capacitances and abilities to withstand many charge-discharge cycles. We have recently been investi... Read More about Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Supercapacitors.

Supercapatteries with Hybrids of Redox Active Polymers and Nanostructured Carbons (2015)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, A. J., Gromadskyi, D. G., Hu, D., Chae, J., Guan, L., Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2015). Supercapatteries with Hybrids of Redox Active Polymers and Nanostructured Carbons. In X. Feng (Ed.), Nanocarbons for Advanced Energy Storage. Volume 1 (179-210). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527680054.ch6

© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. All rights reserved. This chapter considers the development and role of supercapatteries as practical energy storage devices for commercial development. Current battery technology can produce a high power de... Read More about Supercapatteries with Hybrids of Redox Active Polymers and Nanostructured Carbons.

Forming metal powders by electrolysis (2013)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z. (2013). Forming metal powders by electrolysis. In I. Chang, & Y. Zhao (Eds.), Advances in Powder Metallurgy: Properties, Processing and Applications (19-41). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857098900.1.19

Fossil fuels will eventually be replaced by renewables. Currently, the most feasible and efficient way of utilising renewable energy is to convert it to electricity. In response to this change, fossil energy-based pyrometallurgical processes will ine... Read More about Forming metal powders by electrolysis.