Curvature effects on the interfacial capacitance of carbon nanotubes in an ionic liquid

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 23539-23546

  Paek, Eunsu ^a   Pak, Alexander J ^a   Hwang, Gyeong S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE PERFORMANCE; CARBON-BASED ELECTRODES; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRODE CURVATURES; INTERFACIAL CAPACITANCE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

CAPACITANCE; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; IONIC LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 84887963368     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408085w     Document Type: Article

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