Polysaccharides in Energy Storage

Harvesting energy from clean and renewable resources such as solar, wind, tidal, and geothermal is a major priority nowadays. As these resources are continual, there is a requirement to store the energies generated from them. Supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells, nanogenerators, and other energy storage technologies are being developed. Furthermore, due to the deterioration of synthetic material precursors, there is a rising need to utilize sustainable materials in advanced applications. Owing to their abundance, low rate, tunability, renewability, and other properties, polysaccharides can be used as active materials in energy storage applications. They are employed as a precursor for carbon electrodes, as a scaffold, separator, binder, electrolyte, and so on in energy storage applications. This chapter evaluates the role of polysaccharides in energy storage applications.