Successful development of the next generation of solid-state energy storages depends not only on design of novel nanomaterials but also on deeper understanding of their structural properties during functional performances because the standard charge-discharge processes quite often accompany by expansion/contraction of nanomaterials.

In this regard, room-temperature liquid-metal (RTLM) based 2D nanostructures are novel advanced materials for energy storages. Environmentaly friendly Ga-based RTLMs are highly promising due to their safety and nontoxicity. Thus, present research is going to focus on the development of various types of carbon-based 2D nanostructures, including porous network and nanosheets for their fabrication in the carbon-based 2D composites for energy storage applications. Moreover, functionalization and doping approaches of the carbon-based 2D nanostructures can be achieved in this project through different wet and solid-state based fabrication techniques.