Self-Assembled Hierarchical Formation of Conjugated 3D Cobalt Oxide Nanobead-CNT-Graphene Nanostructure Using Microwaves for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 15042-15251

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Rajesh Kumar ^b   Dubey, Pawan Kumar ^c   Singh, Dinesh Pratap ^d   Yadav, Ram Manohar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e VSSD College Kanpur   (India)

Author keywords

CNT; cobalt oxide; graphene; hierarchical nanostructures; nanobeads; self assembly; supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COBALT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; GRAPHENE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCAFFOLDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; YARN;

CNT; COBALT OXIDES; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOBEADS; SUPER CAPACITOR;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84937057285     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04336     Document Type: Article

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