Four-Fold Increase in the Intrinsic Capacitance of Graphene through Functionalization and Lattice Disorder

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 20369-20378

  Pope, Michael A ^a,b   Aksay, Ilhan A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR; GRAVIMETRIC CAPACITANCE; HIGH-VOLTAGE OPERATION; INTRINSIC CAPACITANCE; NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84940830360     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07521     Document Type: Article

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