Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical capacitance of urchin-like hierarchical polyaniline microspheres

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 897-905

  Jiang, Zunqun ^a   Cheng, Qilin ^a,b   Yan, Yanfang ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Li, Chunzhong ^a  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^b TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

capacitance; electrochemical supercapacitor; polyaniline; urchin like microspheres

Indexed keywords

DOPING LEVELS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGE/DISCHARGE; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; POLYANILINE MICROSPHERES; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; TEMPLATE FREE METHOD; URCHIN-LIKE;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; POLYANILINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 84862532740     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.610251     Document Type: Article

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