Structural features necessary to obtain a high specific capacitance in electric double layer capacitors

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 12-13, 2004, Pages 2423-2432

  Kim, Yong Jung ^a   Horie, Yohei ^a   Matsuzawa, Yutaka ^a   Ozaki, Shinya ^a   Endo, Morinobu ^a   Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Activated carbon, carbon fibers; B. Activation; D. Electrochemical properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CARBON FIBERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITORS (EDLC); MESOPHASE PITCH BASED CARBON FIBER (MPCF); SPINNING PROCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 4043140731     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.04.039     Document Type: Article

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