ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on core-shell nanoparticles that are used for energy storage applications, as well as their synthesis, characterization, and properties. It explores a detailed overview of different techniques used for the preparation of various ceramic core-shell nanostructures with tunable sizes and tailored structures. The chapter summarizes the developments in the preparation of core-shell nanostructures and their energy storage applications, including Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization, Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer, and click reactions. It discusses the two main strategies of polymerization that are grafting-from and grafting-to strategies. The chapter illustrates that advanced techniques used for the characterization of core-shell nanostructures. It identifies the key structural factors affecting the energy storage activity of the nanostructured materials, namely dielectric constant, nanoparticle dispersion, dielectric loss, and energy density. Pulsed laser ablation has drawn much attention due to its high potential in laser-based material processing, including nanocrystal growth, thin solid film preparation, surface cleaning, and microelectronic device fabrication.
