In situ NMR and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance techniques reveal the structure of the electrical double layer in supercapacitors

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 812-819

  Griffin, John M ^a   Forse, Alexander C ^a   Tsai, Wan Yu ^b,c   Taberna, Pierre Louis ^b,c   Simon, Patrice ^b,c   Grey, Clare P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRODES; IONS; MICROPOROSITY; POLARIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; QUARTZ; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; MICRO-POROUS CARBONS; MOLECULAR-LEVEL INSIGHTS; NEGATIVE POLARIZATION; POLARIZED ELECTRODES; TETRAFLUOROBORATES;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 84938205607     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4318     Document Type: Article

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