Interaction between nitrogen and sulfur in co-doped graphene and synergetic effect in supercapacitor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Tao ^a   Wang, Lu Xiang ^a   Wu, Dong Ling ^a   Xia, Wei ^b   Jia, Dian Zeng ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 84928017186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09591     Document Type: Article

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