Preparation of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and their electrochemical performance in supercapacitors

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 195, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-259

  Saghafi, M ^a   Mahboubi, F ^a   Mohajerzadeh, S ^b   Holze, R ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Carbon nanotube (CNT); Electrochemical properties; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIRECT CURRENT PLASMAS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE CAPACITANCE; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGE DISCHARGES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 84903941814     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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