Effect of gold and silver nanoislands on the electrochemical properties of carbon nanofoam

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-313

  Spanakis, E ^a,b   Pervolaraki, M ^c   Giapintzakis, J ^c   Katsarakis, N ^b,d   Koudoumas, E ^d   Vernardou, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofoam; Electrochemical properties; Metal nanoislands

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; PRECIOUS METALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILVER; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON NANOFOAM; CHARGE INTERCALATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LOW-TEMPERATURE GROWN; METAL NANOISLANDS; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; ULTRAFAST PULSED LASERS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84883170160     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.222     Document Type: Article

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