Solvothermal Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Hierarchical CuS Microspheres from a Cu-Based Ionic Liquid Precursor for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 21735-21744

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Feng, Huijie ^a   Yang, Jiaqin ^a   Qin, Qing ^a   Fan, Hongmin ^a   Wei, Caiying ^a   Zheng, Wenjun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

asymmetric supercapacitor; conversion; copper sulfide; energy storage; ionic liquid; nanostructures; three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CAPACITORS; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; ENERGY STORAGE; LIQUIDS; MICROSPHERES; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SHIP CONVERSION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ASYMMETRIC SUPERCAPACITOR; COPPER SULFIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; IONIC LIQUID PRECURSORS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84944068392     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04452     Document Type: Article

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