Ultra-nanocrystalline diamond nanowires with enhanced electrochemical properties

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-19

  Shalini, Jayakumar ^a   Lin, Yi Chieh ^a   Chang, Ting Hsun ^a   Sankaran, Kamatchi Jothiramalingam ^a   Chen, Huang Chin ^a,b   Lin, I Nan ^b   Lee, Chi Young ^a   Tai, Nyan Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electrochemical property; N2 doped UNCD; Nanographite

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; BORON DOPED DIAMOND; DIAMOND GRAINS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; GRAPHITE LAYERS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; NANO DIAMOND; NANO-GRAPHITE; NEEDLE-LIKE; PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURES; RADIAL GROWTH; ULTRA-NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHITE; NANOWIRES; NEEDLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASMAS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA; UREA ELECTRODES;

NANODIAMONDS;

EID: 84873052339     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.12.078     Document Type: Article

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