Capacitance Performance of Sub-2 nm Graphene Nanochannels in Aqueous Electrolyte

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 23813-23819

  Qiu, Yinghua ^a   Chen, Yunfei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; CAPACITANCE PERFORMANCE; CONTROL PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; RADIAL LOCATIONS; VOLTAGE INCREASE;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 84945338934     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06401     Document Type: Article

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