Facile carbonaceous microsphere templated synthesis of Co3O4 hollow spheres and their electrochemical performance in supercapacitors

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-98

  Du, Hongmei ^a   Jiao, Lifang ^a   Wang, Qinghong ^a   Yang, Jiaqin ^a   Guo, Lijing ^a   Si, Yuchang ^a   Wang, Yijing ^a   Yuan, Huatang ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adsorption; calcination; carbonization; hollow spheres; hydrothermal; supercapacitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874190204     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0283-5     Document Type: Article

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