Effects of microfabrication processing on the electrochemistry of carbon nanofiber electrodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 107, Issue 39, 2003, Pages 10722-10728

  McKnight, Timothy E ^a   Melechko, Anatoli V ^a,b   Guillorn, Michael A ^a,b   Merkulov, Vladimir I ^a   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^a   Culbertson, Christopher T ^c   Jacobson, Stephen C ^a   Lowndes, Douglas H ^a   Simpson, Michael L ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BUFFERING CAPACITY; CARBON NANOFIBER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; MICROFABRICATION PROCESSING; MICROSCALE ELECTRODE RESPONSE;

CARBON;

EID: 0142072007     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp034872+     Document Type: Article

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