Spine-like nanostructured carbon interconnected by graphene for high-performance supercapacitors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Park, Sang Hoon ^a   Yoon, Seung Beom ^a   Kim, Hyun Kyung ^a   Han, Joong Tark ^b   Park, Hae Woong ^c   Han, Joah ^c   Yun, Seok Min ^d   Jeong, Han Gi ^d   Roh, Kwang Chul ^c   Kim, Kwang Bum ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology (KICET)   (South Korea)

^d VINA Tech   (South Korea)

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EID: 84906547196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06118     Document Type: Article

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