Synergistic effect between ultra-small nickel hydroxide nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide sheets for the application in high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yonghuan ^a,b   Wang, Rutao ^a   Yan, Xingbin ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84930958704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11095     Document Type: Article

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