Longitudinal unzipping of carbon nanotubes and their electrochemical performance in supercapacitors

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1335-1343

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

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrochemical properties; Specific capacitance; Supercapacitor; Unzipped MWCNTs

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DISCHARGE CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION; UNZIPPED MWCNTS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84905728464     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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