Binary Nickel-Cobalt Oxides Electrode Materials for High-Performance Supercapacitors: Influence of its Composition and Porous Nature

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 17630-17640

  Zhang, J ^a   Liu, F ^a   Cheng, J P ^a   Zhang, X B ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hybrid capacitor; hydrothermal; nickel cobalt oxides; porous structure; pseudocapacitive property

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939857458     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04463     Document Type: Article

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