Activated carbon-coated carbon nanotubes for energy storage in supercapacitors and capacitive water purification

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1289-1298

  Shi, Kaiyuan ^a   Ren, Meng ^a   Zhitomirsky, Igor ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Capacitive deionization; Carbon nanotube; Dye; Polypyrrole; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DYEING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; FABRICATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYPYRROLES; STRIPPING (DYES);

CAPACITANCE RETENTION; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES; WATER PURIFICATION;

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EID: 84900037013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500118r     Document Type: Article

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