Immobilization of NiS nanoparticles on N-doped carbon fiber aerogels as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2747-2759

  Zhang, Youfang ^a   Zuo, Lizeng ^a   Zhang, Longsheng ^a   Yan, Jiajie ^a   Lu, Hengyi ^a   Fan, Wei ^b   Liu, Tianxi ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon fiber aerogels; cotton wool; N doping; NiS; supercapacitors

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; AGGLOMERATION; CAPACITANCE; CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COTTON; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; SUPERCAPACITOR; WOOL; YARN;

ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE; CAPACITANCE RETENTION; COTTON WOOL; ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITANCE; HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITANCES; N-DOPING; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; SOLVOTHERMAL REACTIONS;

NICKEL SULFATES;

EID: 84979306816     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1163-1     Document Type: Article

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