Thermally reduced graphite oxide as positive electrode in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 828-834

  González, Zoraida ^a   Botas, Cristina ^a   Álvarez, Patricia ^a   Roldán, Silvia ^a   Blanco, Clara ^a   Santamaría, Ricardo ^a   Granda, Marcos ^a   Menéndez, Rosa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; ACTIVE ELECTRODES; ACTIVE SITE; CATHODIC PEAK; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; GRAPHITE OXIDE; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PEAK CURRENT DENSITY; POSITIVE ELECTRODES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; SECONDARY BATTERIES; VANADIUM;

REDOX REACTIONS;

EID: 84155166986     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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