ABSTRACT
Inorganic materials are attractive candidates for building next-generation portable energy storage devices for micro- and macro-scale applications. These materials when prepared in bulk-, meso- and nano-scale possess unique structural and opto-electronic properties. There has been lot of progress made in past decade which enabled scientists to control the size and shape of inorganic materials at any length-scale. Further, the effect of size and shape on material’s properties is now well-established factor, thus opening the new horizons of opportunities to tune and amplify devices capabilities for multipurpose applications. In this chapter, we have identified four fundamental synthetic approaches of inorganic materials, namely hydrothermal, sol-gel, ultrasonic nebulizer-assisted chemical vapors deposition (UNA-CVD) and colloidal synthesis. These methods have been well explored and many technological advanced devices have been made using these methods.
