Morphology control and thermal stability of binderless-graphene aerogels from graphite for energy storage applications

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 352-358

  Nguyen, Son Truong ^a   Nguyen, Hoa Tien ^b   Rinaldi, Ali ^c   Nguyen, Nam P V ^a   Fan, Zeng ^a   Duong, Hai Minh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c TUM CREATE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Binderless; Controlled morphology; Energy storage applications; Graphene aerogel; Hydrothermal method

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY STORAGE; GRAPHITE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION;

BINDERLESS; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; GRAPHITE POWDER; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HUMAN BEING; HUMMERS METHOD; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; HYDROTHERMALLY TREATED; LOW COSTS; MECHANICAL ELASTICITIES; MORPHOLOGY CONTROL; PORE VOLUME; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SURFACE AREA; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY; THERMAL DURABILITY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84868327354     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.08.048     Document Type: Article

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