Vertically aligned BCN nanotubes with high capacitance

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5259-5265

  Iyyamperumal, Eswaramoorthi ^a   Wang, Shuangyin ^a   Dai, Liming ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

aligned nanotubes; BCN nanotubes; co doping; CVD synthesis; supercapacitance

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; CO-DOPING; CVD SYNTHESIS; HIGH DURABILITY; NANOTUBE STRUCTURE; NITROGEN ATOM; RATE CAPABILITIES; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SUPERCAPACITANCE; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WELL-ALIGNED;

CAPACITANCE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

NANOTUBES;

BORON; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BORON; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862904817     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301044v     Document Type: Article

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