Pseudocapacitive effects of N-doped carbon nanotube electrodes in supercapacitors

Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1258-1266

  Yun, Young Soo ^a   Park, Hyun Ho ^a   Jin, Hyoung Joon ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Pseudocapacitance; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HETEROATOMS; N-DOPED; NITROGEN ATOM; NITROGEN-ENRICHED; PSEUDOCAPACITANCE; PSEUDOCAPACITIVE; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES; SURFACE AREA;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBONIZATION; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; NITROGEN;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84866144330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma5071258     Document Type: Article

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