When developing a high performance supercapacitor, it is generally desirable to design the geometry and morphology of supercapacitor electrodes with fully utilized surface area and well-defined pore structures, which can lead to faster ion movement contacting the electroactive materials and promote faradic redox reactions. This book proposes preparation methodology of various one-dimensional metal oxide nanostructures used as electrode overlays and methods by which the conductivity of the stoichiometric metal oxide can be increased.

Dr. Avinash Balakrishnan joined as faculty at Nanosolar Division in 2010, following a post doctorate at Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble-INP) France. He received his PhD and MS in materials engineering from Paichai University, South Korea. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, where he completed his bachelor's in metallurgical engineering. He is actively leading five government-funded projects related to high-energy density supercapacitors. He is currently the associate editor to Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He has coauthored more than 70 research publications, and has filed eight Indian Patents in the area of energy storage.

Dr. K. R. V. Subramanian is currently working as associate professor with Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Kochi, India. He obtained his PhD from Cambridge University, England, in 2006. His previous alma mater for his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering include the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He also worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He continued his postdoctoral research at IISc, Bangalore. Dr. Subramanian has 62 journal publications and 29 conference presentations to his credit. He is also a reviewer for many prestigious journals. He researches actively in the areas of high performance supercapacitors, Li batteries, photovoltaics, nanofabrication, nanomaterials for cancer therapy, nanodevices.

Capacitor to Supercapacitor: an Introduction. Electrochemical Cell and Thermodynamics. Supercapacitors: Fundamental Aspects. Measurement Techniques for Performance Evaluation of Supercapacitor Materials and Systems. Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Supercapacitor Applications. Future Scope and Directions of Nanotechnology in Creating Next-Generation Supercapacitors.