Nanoscale carbon greatly enhances mobility of a highly viscous ionic liquid

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8190-8197

  Chaban, Vitaly V ^a,b   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

battery; carbon nanotube; diffusion; encapsulation; ionic liquid; simulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENCAPSULATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

1-ETHYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; BATTERY; ELECTRICITY STORAGES; ENERGETIC PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC INTERPRETATION; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SELF-DIFFUSION CONSTANT; SIMULATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84906708531     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502475j     Document Type: Article

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