Research and application of carbon nanofiber and nanocomposites via electrospinning technique in energy conversion systems

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1411-1423

  Wu, Yongzhi ^a,b   Bobba, Chowdari V R ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Electrospinning; Lithium ion battery; Nanocomposite; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPINNING; IONS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; SUPERCAPACITOR;

CARBON NANOCOMPOSITE; CARBON NANOFIBRES; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN CARBON NANOFIBERS; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; FACILE PRODUCTION; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SIMPLE++;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84881323284     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1385272811317130008     Document Type: Review

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