Carbon spheres for energy applications: Raman and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy studies

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 444-451

  Ray, Sekhar C ^a   Tetana, Zikhona N ^a   Erasmus, Rudolph ^a   Mathur, Ashish ^b   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sphere; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electric double layer capacitors

Indexed keywords

CARBON SPHERES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TUBULAR QUARTZ REACTOR; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

CAPACITOR STORAGE; CAPACITORS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SPHERES; VIRTUAL STORAGE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON;

EID: 84897584331     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3079     Document Type: Article

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