This book provides an authoritative source of information on the use of nanomaterials to enhance the performance of existing electrochemical energy storage systems and the manners in which new such systems are being made possible. The book covers the state of the art of the design, preparation, and engineering of nanoscale functional materials as effective catalysts and as electrodes for electrochemical energy storage and mechanistic investigation of electrode reactions. It also provides perspectives and challenges for future research. A related book by the same editors is:Nanomaterials for Fuel Cell Catalysis.

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Next-Generation Nanostructured Lithium-Ion Cathode Materials: Critical Challenges for new Directions in R&D.- Li2MnSiO4 Nanostructured Cathodes for Secondary Lithium-Ion Batteries.- Metal Oxides and Lithium Alloys as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries.- Tin-Based Alloy Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Preparation, Multi-Scale Structure and Performance.- Nanostructured Lithium Titanates (Li4Ti5O12) for Lithium-Ion Batteries.- Anodes and Anode/Electrolyte Interfaces for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries. Nanostructured Oxides as Cathode Materials for Supercapacitors.- Carbon Materials for Supercapacitors. Transition Metal Oxides as Supercapacitor Materials.- Nanostructured Manganese Oxides in Supercapacitors.- Suspension Electrodes for Flowable Large-Scale Energy Storage.- Membrane Separators For Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies.- Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolytes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems.- Computational Modelling as a Value-Add in Energy Storage Materials.- Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Supercapacitors