Hierarchical assembly of graphene/polyaniline nanostructures to synthesize free-standing supercapacitor electrode

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Hassan, Mahbub ^a   Reddy, Kakarla Raghava ^a   Haque, Enamul ^a   Faisal, Shaikh Nayeem ^a   Ghasemi, Samira ^a   Minett, Andrew I ^a   Gomes, Vincent G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; B. Electrical properties; D. Raman spectroscopy; D. Scanning electron microscopy; D. X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; GRAPHENE; MICROEMULSIONS; POLYANILINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CAPACITY RETENTION; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; HIERARCHICAL ASSEMBLIES; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; MICROEMULSION POLYMERIZATION; SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATION; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 84899994968     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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