Issue 23, 2020

Algae-based electrochemical energy storage devices

Abstract

Biomass materials are abundant, low-cost, non-hazardous, disposable, environmentally friendly, and renewable organic materials that are considered an appropriate solution for environmental contamination. Algae are renewable living organisms that grow throughout the world. More than one million algal species grow around the world. Algae have several important applications in materials science. One of the important applications of algae is preparing electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices. EES-devices are considered as an appropriate solution for industries to reduce environmental pollution. EES-device preparation from renewable organic materials is a significant issue which has been extensively examined by scientists in recent years. Tremendous effort has been applied to prepare EES-devices from algae as a renewable resource. The four main parts of EES-devices are the electrode, binder, electrolyte, and membrane, and can be prepared from algae. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the progress in the preparation of EES-devices from algae, examine algae-EES electrochemical properties in the last few decades, and also present an appropriate perspective for future research on algae-based EES-devices.

Graphical abstract: Algae-based electrochemical energy storage devices

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
01 Jul 2020
Accepted
23 Oct 2020
First published
23 Oct 2020

Green Chem., 2020,22, 8062-8096

Algae-based electrochemical energy storage devices

H. Parsimehr and A. Ehsani, Green Chem., 2020, 22, 8062 DOI: 10.1039/D0GC02246B

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