Preparation of novolac-type phenol-based activated carbon with a hierarchical pore structure and its electric double-layer capacitor performance

Carbon Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-197

  Lee, Dayoung ^a   Jung, Jin Young ^a   Park, Mi Seon ^a   Lee, Young Seak ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Brunauer Emmett Teller surface area; Electrodes; Porosity; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CAPACITANCE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MICROPOROSITY; PHENOLS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SILICA; SILICON OXIDES; SUPERCAPACITOR;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; CAPACITANCE RATIO; HIERARCHICAL PORE STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL PORES; MESOPORE; MICROPORES; NOVOLAC; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVATION; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84912059478     PISSN: 19764251     EISSN: 22334998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5714/CL.2014.15.3.192     Document Type: Article

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