Capacitive performance of an ultralong aligned carbon nanotube electrode in an ionic liquid at 60 °C

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Cao, Gaoping ^a   Yang, Yusheng ^a   Gu, Zhennan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; IONIC LIQUIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CAPACITIVE PERFORMANCE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REGULAR PORE STRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 38649110438     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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