Moving towards high-power, high-frequency and low-resistance CNT supercapacitors by tuning the CNT length, axial deformation and contact resistance

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 30, 2012, Pages

  Basirico L ^a   Lanzara, G ^a,b  

^a Institute of Advanced Technologies (ITA)   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; AXIAL DEFORMATIONS; COMPRESSED ELECTRODES; COMPRESSIONAL; CONTACT MORPHOLOGY; CURRENT COLLECTOR; DENSE ARRAYS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTRODE THICKNESS; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-POWER; LOW RESISTANCE; NANO CHANNELS; NANO SCALE; POWER DENSITIES; SUPER CAPACITOR; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; PLATINUM;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 84863693738     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/30/305401     Document Type: Article

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