Enhancing the capacitances of electric double layer capacitors based on carbon nanotube electrodes by carbon dioxide activation and acid oxidization

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1234-1239

  Li, Chen Sha ^a,b   Qiao, Ying Jie ^a   Wu, Jian Jun ^b   Wang, Da Zhi ^b   Yuan, Dian Bo ^b  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electric double layer capacitor; Scan electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; SUPERCAPACITOR;

CARBON DIOXIDE ACTIVATION; CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; ORGANIC ELECTROLYTE; POLARIZABLE ELECTRODES; SCAN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77953611211     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-010-0017-4     Document Type: Article

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