Hybrid electrodes by in-situ integration of graphene and carbon-nanotubes in polypyrrole for supercapacitors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Aphale, Ashish ^a   Maisuria, Krushangi ^b   Mahapatra, Manoj K ^c   Santiago, Angela ^d   Singh, Prabhakar ^c   Patra, Prabir ^a  

^a University of Bridgeport   (United States)

^b Fairfield Ludlowe High School   (United States)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

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EID: 84942280137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14445     Document Type: Article

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