Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Renewable Energy Application Foo Wah Low, Chin Wei Lai, Sieh Kiong Tiong, and Nowshad Amin Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 3 Graphene for Energy Conversion ................................................................ 5 Photovoltaic Cells ................................................................................ 6 Graphene-Based Polymer Solar Cells ............................................................ 7 Graphene-Based Quantum Dot Solar Cells ...................................................... 10 Graphene-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ..................................................... 11 Graphene-Based Tandem Organic Solar Cells ................................................... 14 Graphene-Based Perovskite Solar Cells .......................................................... 15 Hydrogen Production ............................................................................. 18 Fuel Cells ......................................................................................... 19 Fuel Cells with Graphene as Catalyst Support ................................................... 20 Wind Energy ...................................................................................... 20 Wind Turbines-Based Graphene as Composite Materials ....................................... 21 Solar Thermal ..................................................................................... 21 Ocean Energy ..................................................................................... 23 Tidal Power ....................................................................................... 25 Graphene for Energy Storage ..................................................................... 25 Supercapacitors ................................................................................... 26 Supercapacitors with Graphene Electrodes ...................................................... 27 F. W. Low · S. K. Tiong · N. Amin Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (The National Energy University), Kajang Selangor, Malaysia e-mail: Lowfw@uniten.edu.my; siehkiong@uniten.edu.my; nowshad@uniten.edu.my C. W. Lai (*) Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia e-mail: cwlai@um.edu.my © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 C. M. Hussain, S. Thomas (eds.), Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10614-0_26-1 1