A layered-template-nanospace-confinement strategy for production of corrugated graphene nanosheets from petroleum pitch for supercapacitors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 297, Issue , 2016, Pages 121-127

  He, Xiaojun ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Shao, Xiaolong ^a   Wu, Mingbo ^b   Yu, Moxin ^a   Qiu, Jieshan ^c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Corrugated graphene nanosheets; Layered template nanospace confinement strategy; Petroleum pitch; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CORRUGATED MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; NANOSHEETS; PETROLEUM TAR; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

CAPACITANCE RETENTION; CHARGE-DISCHARGE CYCLE; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; NANO-SPACE; PETROLEUM PITCH; SUPER CAPACITOR;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 84962868862     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.03.153     Document Type: Article

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