Polymers For Energy Storage And Conversion

Polymers are increasingly finding applications in the areas of energy storage and conversion. A number of recent advances in the polymer molecular structure control thereby tuning of the polymer properties have led to these applications. This book assimilates these advances in the form of a comprehensive text which includes the synthesis and properties of a large number of polymer systems for applications in the areas of lithium batteries, photovoltaics, solar cells, etc.

Polymers for Energy Storage and Conversion describes:

• PVAc-based polymer blend electrolytes for lithium batteries
• The structure and properties of polymer hydrogel with respect to its applications for low to intermediate temperature polymer electrolyte-based fuel cells
• Lithium polymer batteries based on ionic liquids
• Conjugated polymer-inorganic semiconductor composites
• The concept of the solar cell with the organic multiple quantum dots (MQDs)
• The solvent effects in polymer based organic photovoltaic devices
• The properties of the polymers which factor into their use for solar power both for niche applications as well as for large scale harvesting
• The use of macroporous organic polymers as materials for energy gas storage.

Vikas Mittal is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. He obtained his PhD in 2006 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. He also worked as a polymer engineer at BASF Polymer Research in Ludwigshafen, Germany. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites, compatibilization of organic and inorganic materials, polymer colloids, thermal stability studies, and anti-corrosion coatings. He has published more than fifty journal publications, authored as well as edited several books on these subjects.