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How does nanostructuring affect energy storage?

This review takes a holistic approach to energy storage, considering battery materials that exhibit bulk redox reactions and supercapacitor materials that store charge owing to the surface processes together, because nanostructuring often leads to erasing boundaries between these two energy storage solutions.

Are nanostructures good for storing a large amount of charge?

A large family of conversion materials—such as oxides, sulfides, and fluorides—offer potential for storing a large amount of charge, but they have poor cyclability coupled with phase transformation and large volume change (90). Benefits of nanostructures have been fully demonstrated on these materials as well (20).

Can nanometer-sized materials change the paradigm for energy storage?

In this context, materials with nanometer-sized structural features and a large electrochemically active surface can change the paradigm for energy storage from within the electrode bulk to surface redox processes that occur orders of magnitude faster and allow a greatly improved power and cycle life (1 – 3).

Why do we need high-energy density energy storage materials?

From mobile devices to the power grid, the needs for high-energy density or high-power density energy storage materials continue to grow. Materials that have at least one dimension on the nanometer scale offer opportunities for enhanced energy storage, although there are also challenges relating to, for example, stability and manufacturing.

Which conductive materials are used for energy storage?

More recently, highly crystalline conductive materials—such as metal organic frameworks (33 – 35), covalent organic frameworks (36), MXenes, and their composites, which form both 2D and 3D structures—have been used as electrodes for energy storage.

How can nanomaterials prevent polysulfide shuttle?

The same materials with nanofiber or nanosheet morphology can be used for coating separators to prevent polysulfide shuttle. Another type of nanomaterial in the form of 0D or 2D particles or porous scaffolds can be used to prevent Li dendrite growth on the anode side (98, 99).