Tough Electrodes: Carbon Nanotube Fibers as the Ultimate Current Collectors/Active Material for Energy Management Devices

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6901-6917

  Vilatela, Juan J ^a   Marcilla, Rebeca ^b  

^a IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL FUEL CELLS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYELECTROLYTES; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE FIBERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ELECTRONIC JUNCTIONS; GRAPHITIC MATERIALS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84945379733     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02783     Document Type: Review

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