High-performance supercapacitor electrodes based on porous flexible carbon nanofiber paper treated by surface chemical etching

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 249, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-225

  Ma, Chang ^a,b   Li, Yajuan ^a   Shi, Jingli ^a   Song, Yan ^b   Liu, Lang ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Electrospinning; High performance; Phenolic based; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROSPINNING; ETCHING; OXYGEN; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE; HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITANCES; ONE-STEP HEAT TREATMENTS; PHENOLIC-BASED; POROUS CARBON NANOFIBERS; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ETCHING; OXYGEN; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84898951707     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.083     Document Type: Article

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