A review on the use of carbon nanostructured materials in electrochemical capacitors

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1955-1980

  Mombeshora, Edwin T ^a   Nyamori, Vincent O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon; Electrochemical capacitor; Energy storage; Nanomaterial; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY STORAGE; FUEL CELLS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PORE SIZE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; YARN;

CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (ESSS); HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; SUPER CAPACITOR; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS METHODS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 84954366332     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3423     Document Type: Review

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