Coconut-shell-based porous carbons with a tunable micro/mesopore ratio for high-performance supercapacitors

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5321-5329

  Mi, Juan ^a   Wang, Xiao Rong ^a   Fan, Rui Jun ^a   Qu, Wen Hui ^a   Li, Wen Cui ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; ACTIVATION TIME; CAPACITANCE RETENTION; CARBON ELECTRODE; COCONUT SHELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TEST; ENERGY DENSITY; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; MESOPORE; MESOPOROSITY; MESOPOROUS; POROUS CARBONS; PROCESS VARIABLES; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; STEAM ACTIVATION; SUPER CAPACITOR; TOTAL PORE VOLUME; WATER FLOW RATE;

CARBON; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 84865129290     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef3009234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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