Self-powered electrochemical anodic oxidation: A new method for preparation of mesoporous Al2O3 without applying electricity

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3604-3611

  Zhu, Huarui ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Han, Yu ^a   Chen, Shuwen ^a   Zhou, Tao ^a   Willander, Magnus ^a   Cao, Xia ^a,b   Wang, Zhonglin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

mesoporous materials; self powered electrochemical anodic oxidization; triboelectric nanogenerator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946499254     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0860-5     Document Type: Article

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