Lithographically defined three-dimensional pore-patterned carbon with nitrogen doping for high-performance ultrathin supercapacitor applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kang, Da Young ^a   Moon, Jun Hyuk ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84903160936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05392     Document Type: Article

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