Facile synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/MWNTs nanocomposite supercapacitor materials tested as electrophoretically deposited films on glassy carbon electrodes

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 865-877

  Chartarrayawadee, Widsanusan ^a   Moulton, Simon Edward ^a   Too, Chee On ^a   Kim, Byung Chul ^a,b   Yepuri, Rao ^a   Romeo, Tony ^a   Wallace, Gordon George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrophoretic deposition (EPD); Graphene oxide; Nanocomposite; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE TESTING; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; NANOCOMPOSITE SUPERCAPACITORS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION;

CAPACITANCE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILMS; GLASS; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84881550062     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-013-0575-9     Document Type: Article

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