Enhanced electrocapacitive performance and high power density of polypyrrole/graphene oxide nanocomposites prepared at reduced temperature

Carbon Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 171-179

  Mudila, Harish ^a   Joshi, Varsha ^a   Rana, Sweta ^a   Zaidi, Mohmd Ghulam Haider ^a   Alam, Sarfaraz ^b  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEFENCE MATERIALS AND STORES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Nanocomposites; Preparation polypyrrole; Reduced temperature; Sulphonated polysulphone; Supercapacitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966587389     PISSN: 19764251     EISSN: 22334998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5714/CL.2014.15.3.171     Document Type: Article

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