Screen-Printable and Flexible RuO2 Nanoparticle-Decorated PEDOT:PSS/Graphene Nanocomposite with Enhanced Electrical and Electrochemical Performances for High-Capacity Supercapacitor

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10213-10227

  Cho, Sunghun ^a   Kim, Minkyu ^a   Jang, Jyongsik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

graphene; poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene); poly(4 styrenesulfonic acid); ruthenium oxide; screen printing

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; REDOX REACTIONS; SCREEN PRINTING; SUPERCAPACITOR; SURFACE REACTIONS;

4-STYRENESULFONIC ACIDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; RUTHENIUM OXIDE; SCREEN PRINTED ELECTRODES; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930224988     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00657     Document Type: Article

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