Improved charge transfer at carbon nanotube electrodes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Britto, Pichumani J ^b   Santhanam, Kalathur S V ^c   Rubio, Angel ^d   Alonso, Julio A ^d   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROLYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

NANOTUBE ELECTRODES;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0032676080     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199902)11:2<154::AID-ADMA154>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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