20 V stack of aqueous supercapacitors with carbon (-), titanium bipolar plates and CNT-polypyrrole composite (+)

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 974-983

  Zhou, Xiaohang ^a   Peng, Chuang ^a   Chen, George Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous supercapacitor stack; Carbon black; Carbon nanotube; Polypyrrole; Titanium bipolar plates

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; GALVANOSTATICS; HIGH VOLTAGE; INTERNAL SEALING; MICROPOROUS; POLYMERIC SEPARATOR; POLYPYRROLE COMPOSITES; SILICONE RUBBER; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SPECIFIC POWER; STORAGE PERIODS; SUPER CAPACITOR;

CAPACITORS; CARBON BLACK; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; POLYPYRROLES; SILICONES; TITANIUM;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84856616935     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12632     Document Type: Article

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