Carbon xerogels as electrochemical supercapacitors. Relation between impedance physicochemical parameters and electrochemical behaviour

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10249-10255

  Fernandez P S ^a   Arenillas, A ^b   Calvo, E G ^b   Menendez J A ^b   Martins, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Electrochemical supercapacitors; Interfacial area; Porous electrodes

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; CHARACTERIZATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; PORE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCAPACITOR; XEROGELS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; INTERFACIAL AREAS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POROUS ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84862234214     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.154     Document Type: Article

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