Toward new solvents for EDLCs: From computational screening to electrochemical validation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13413-13424

  Schütter, Christoph ^a   Husch, Tamara ^b   Korth, Martin ^b   Balducci, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; SOLVENTS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS; ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL; HEAVY ATOMS; NEW SOLVENTS; NITRILE SOLVENTS; SCREENING APPROACHES; SCREENING STRATEGY; TRIAL AND ERROR;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84934946815     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02113     Document Type: Article

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