Capacitance of carbon-based electrical double-layer capacitors

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ji, Hengxing ^a,b   Zhao, Xin ^a,d   Qiao, Zhenhua ^c,e   Jung, Jeil ^c,f   Zhu, Yanwu ^b   Lu, Yalin ^b   Zhang, Li Li ^a,g   MacDonald, Allan H ^c   Ruoff, Rodney S ^a,h,i  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^f National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^h Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

ⁱ Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROLYTE; GRAPHENE; ION; NANOSHEET; NITROGEN;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; GRAVIMETRY; STORAGE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; GRAVIMETRY; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL MODEL; THICKNESS;

EID: 84955283651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4317     Document Type: Article

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