Supercapacitors Based on Carbon Nanomaterials

Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Systems: Advances in Materials Synthesis and Device Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 295-337

  Obreja, Vasile V N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Electric double layer; Electrochemical capacitor; Energy density; Graphene; Nanotubes; Power density; Pseudocapacitance; Specific capacitance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CARBONACEOUS ADSORBENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SUPERCAPACITOR; YARN;

ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR; ENERGY DENSITY; POWER DENSITIES; PSEUDOCAPACITANCE; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 84946761939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118980989.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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