Comparative Electrocatalytic performance of single-walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes for zinc bromine redox flow batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 14795-14804

  Munaiah, Y ^a   Suresh, S ^a   Dheenadayalan, S ^a   Pillai, Vijayamohanan K ^a   Ragupathy, P ^a  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYACRYLONITRILES; REDOX REACTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

ANODIC PEAK CURRENT DENSITY; CHARGE-DISCHARGE PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC EFFECTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT);

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84904309503     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503287r     Document Type: Article

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