A method to increase the energy density of supercapacitor cells by the addition of multiwall carbon nanotubes into activated carbon electrodes

Carbon

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-66

  Markoulidis, F ^a   Lei, C ^a   Lekakou, C ^a   Duff, D ^b   Khalil, S ^b   Martorana, B ^c   Cannavaro, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS; ELECTRODE FABRICATION; ELECTRODE STRUCTURE; ORGANIC ELECTROLYTE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PROPYLENE CARBONATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; PORE SIZE; PROPYLENE; YARN;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84891561274     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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