Rice husk-derived porous carbons with high capacitance by ZnCl2 activation for supercapacitors

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 635-641

  He, Xiaojun ^a   Ling, Pinghua ^a   Yu, Moxin ^a   Wang, Xiaoting ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyong ^a   Zheng, Mingdong ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conventional heating; Microwave heating; Porous carbon; Rice husk; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CAPACITANCE; CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROLYTES; HEATING; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROPOROSITY; MICROWAVE HEATING; POROUS MATERIALS;

AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS; CHARGE-DISCHARGE CYCLE; CONVENTIONAL HEATING; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; MICRO-POROUS CARBONS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED HEATING; POROUS CARBONS; RICE HUSK;

SUPERCAPACITOR;

EID: 84884253170     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.050     Document Type: Article

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