Cengiz Ozkan obtained his PhD in Materials Science from Stanford University in 1997 and he is now a Professor at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University California Riverside, USA. His research areas include the bottom-up fabrication of bio-nano systems, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of nanostructures, chemical vapor deposition of graphene, nanowire fabrics, photovoltaics and nanoelectronics. He has several US patents, over 40 patent disclosures and more than 100 technical publications. Umit Ozkan obtained her PhD from Iowa State University in 1984. She is COE Distinguished Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio State University, USA. She has published more than 200 articles in SCI journals, 6 patents, and co-edited at least 4 books. Her principal research interests are Heterogeneous Catalysis, Electrocatalysis and Catalytic Materials; Sustainability, Energy, Environment.

• Preface xv1 Graphene Nanomaterials in Energy and Environment Applications 1Mingqing Yang, Hua Tian, Jiayi Zhu and Junhui He2 Graphene as Nanolubricant for Machining 27Aakash Niraula, Ashutosh Khatri and Muhammad P. Jahan3 Three-Dimensional Graphene Foams for Energy Storage Applications 49Fancheng Meng, Xiangfeng Wei and Jiehua Liu4 Three-Dimensional Graphene Materials: Synthesis and Applications in Electrocatalysts and Electrochemical Sensors 93Chunmei Zhang and Wei Chen5 Graphene and Graphene-Based Hybrid Composites for Advanced Rechargeable Battery Electrodes 147Hee Jo Song and Dong-Wan Kim6 Graphene-Based Materials for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries 197Ran Tian and Huanan Duan7 Graphene-Based Materials for Supercapacitors and Conductive Additives of Lithium Ion Batteries 219Qian Cheng8 Graphene-Based Flexible Actuators, Sensors, and Supercapacitors 299Chao Lu and Wei Chen9 Graphene as Catalyst Support for the Reactions in Fuel Cells 339S. I. Stevanovic and V. M. Jovanovic Acronyms10 Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanostructures as Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Electrocatalysts in Acidic Media 373Kuldeep Mamtani and Umit S. Ozkan11 Recent Advances in Graphene-Based Materials for Photocatalytic H2 Evolution 415Min Li, Lu Bai, Xudong Wen and Jingqi Guan12 Graphene Thermal Functional Device and Its Property Characterization 435Haidong Wang, Hiroshi Takamatsu and Xing Zhang13 Self- and Directed-Assembly of Metallic and Nonmetallic Fluorophors: Considerations into Graphene and Graphene Oxides for Sensing and Imaging Applications 469David G. Calatayud, Fernando Cortezon-Tamarit, Boyang Mao, Vincenzo Mirabello and Sofia I. Pascu14 Stimuli-Responsive Graphene-Based Matrices for Smart Therapeutics 507Sabine Szunerits, Alina Vasilescu, Valentina Dinca, Serban Peteu and Rabah Boukherroub15 Application of Graphene Materials in Molecular Diagnostics 535Foad Salehnia, Neda Fakhri, Morteza Hosseini and Mohammad Reza Ganjali16 Graphene Oxide Membranes for Liquid Separation 561Zhiqian JiaReferences 571Index 575

Cengiz Ozkan obtained his PhD in Materials Science from Stanford University in 1997 and he is now a Professor at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University California Riverside, USA. His research areas include the bottom-up fabrication of bio-nano systems, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of nanostructures, chemical vapor deposition of graphene, nanowire fabrics, photovoltaics and nanoelectronics. He has several US patents, over 40 patent disclosures and more than 100 technical publications. Umit Ozkan obtained her PhD from Iowa State University in 1984. She is COE Distinguished Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio State University, USA. She has published more than 200 articles in SCI journals, 6 patents, and co-edited at least 4 books. Her principal research interests are Heterogeneous Catalysis, Electrocatalysis and Catalytic Materials; Sustainability, Energy, Environment.

• Preface xv1 Graphene Nanomaterials in Energy and Environment Applications 1Mingqing Yang, Hua Tian, Jiayi Zhu and Junhui He2 Graphene as Nanolubricant for Machining 27Aakash Niraula, Ashutosh Khatri and Muhammad P. Jahan3 Three-Dimensional Graphene Foams for Energy Storage Applications 49Fancheng Meng, Xiangfeng Wei and Jiehua Liu4 Three-Dimensional Graphene Materials: Synthesis and Applications in Electrocatalysts and Electrochemical Sensors 93Chunmei Zhang and Wei Chen5 Graphene and Graphene-Based Hybrid Composites for Advanced Rechargeable Battery Electrodes 147Hee Jo Song and Dong-Wan Kim6 Graphene-Based Materials for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries 197Ran Tian and Huanan Duan7 Graphene-Based Materials for Supercapacitors and Conductive Additives of Lithium Ion Batteries 219Qian Cheng8 Graphene-Based Flexible Actuators, Sensors, and Supercapacitors 299Chao Lu and Wei Chen9 Graphene as Catalyst Support for the Reactions in Fuel Cells 339S. I. Stevanovic and V. M. Jovanovic Acronyms10 Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanostructures as Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) Electrocatalysts in Acidic Media 373Kuldeep Mamtani and Umit S. Ozkan11 Recent Advances in Graphene-Based Materials for Photocatalytic H2 Evolution 415Min Li, Lu Bai, Xudong Wen and Jingqi Guan12 Graphene Thermal Functional Device and Its Property Characterization 435Haidong Wang, Hiroshi Takamatsu and Xing Zhang13 Self- and Directed-Assembly of Metallic and Nonmetallic Fluorophors: Considerations into Graphene and Graphene Oxides for Sensing and Imaging Applications 469David G. Calatayud, Fernando Cortezon-Tamarit, Boyang Mao, Vincenzo Mirabello and Sofia I. Pascu14 Stimuli-Responsive Graphene-Based Matrices for Smart Therapeutics 507Sabine Szunerits, Alina Vasilescu, Valentina Dinca, Serban Peteu and Rabah Boukherroub15 Application of Graphene Materials in Molecular Diagnostics 535Foad Salehnia, Neda Fakhri, Morteza Hosseini and Mohammad Reza Ganjali16 Graphene Oxide Membranes for Liquid Separation 561Zhiqian JiaReferences 571Index 575