Cell voltage versus electrode potential range in aqueous supercapacitors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dai, Zengxin ^a   Peng, Chuang ^a,b,c   Chae, Jung Hoon ^b   Ng, Kok Chiang ^b,d   Chen, George Z ^b,c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^d RandD Centre Leong Hing Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84928537937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09854     Document Type: Article

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