Impact of graphene edges on enhancing the performance of electrochemical double layer capacitors

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 21770-21777

  Pak, Alexander J ^a   Paek, Eunsu ^a   Hwang, Gyeong S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANORIBBONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS; GRAPHENE ELECTRODES; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; THEORETICAL APPROACH; ZIGZAG GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84949116360     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504458z     Document Type: Article

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