Hierarchical porous activated carbon produced from spinach leaves as an electrode material for an electric double layer capacitor

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-215

  Ou, Yu Jing ^a   Peng, Chao ^a,b   Lang, Jun Wei ^b   Zhu, Dan Dan ^a   Yan, Xing Bin ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Activation; Energy density; Spinach leaves; Supercapcitor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBONIZATION; ELECTROLYTES; GAS ADSORPTION; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

CARBONISATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TEST; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ENERGY DENSITY; HIERARCHICAL POROUS; MICROPORES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; SEM TEST; SPINACH LEAVES; SUPERCAPCITORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 84904876820     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(14)60135-9     Document Type: Article

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