A comparative study on electrochemical behaviour of Co3O4 and Co3O4-MWCNTs for supercapacitors

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 202-208

  Chaitra, K ^a   Thomas, V R ^a   Santosh, M S ^a   Srivastava, C ^b   Nagaraju, N ^c   Kathyayini, H ^a  

^a JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronopotentiometry; Columbic efficiency; Cyclic voltammetry; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; METAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 84926618140     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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