Electrospinning of Nanofibers and Their Applications for Energy Devices

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shi, Xiaomin ^a   Zhou, Weiping ^a   Ma, Delong ^a   Ma, Qian ^b   Bridges, Denzel ^b   Ma, Ying ^a   Hu, Anming ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ECONOMICS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; HYDROGEN STORAGE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOFIBERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPINNING (FIBERS); VIRTUAL STORAGE;

1-D NANOMATERIALS; CONTROLLABLE DIAMETER; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FABRICATION METHOD; HIGH PORE VOLUMES; NANOSTRUCTURED FIBERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84935907730     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/140716     Document Type: Review

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