Vertically-aligned BCN nanotube arrays with superior performance in electrochemical capacitors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Junshuang ^a   Li, Na ^a   Gao, Faming ^a   Zhao, Yufeng ^a   Hou, Li ^a   Xu, Ziming ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84906235620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06083     Document Type: Article

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