High volumetric electrochemical performance of ultra-high density aligned carbon nanotube supercapacitors with controlled nanomorphology

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 608-613

  Zhou, Yue ^a,b   Ghaffari, Mehdi ^b   Lin, Minren ^b   Parsons, Ethan M ^c   Liu, Yang ^a,b   Wardle, Brian L ^c   Zhang, Q M ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aligned carbon nanotubes; Mechanical densification; Nanomorphology ion pathways control; Supercapacitors; Volumetric electrochemical performance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ELECTRODES; IONS; NANOTUBES; SUPERCAPACITOR; YARN;

ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE; ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL DENSIFICATION; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; NANOPOROUS ELECTRODE; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84883636821     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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