Accelerating charging dynamics in subnanometre pores

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 387-393

  Kondrat, Svyatoslav ^a,b   Wu, Peng ^c   Qiao, Rui ^c   Kornyshev, Alexei A ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGING DYNAMICS; COLLECTIVE MODES; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; POWER DENSITIES; SUPER CAPACITOR;

IONIC LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

IONIC LIQUID; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; NANOPORE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; IONIC LIQUIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84897835058     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3916     Document Type: Article

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