Superior electrochemical activity of α-Fe2O3/rGO nanocomposite for advance energy storage devices

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 689, Issue , 2016, Pages 648-654

  Aadil, Muhammad ^a   Shaheen, Wajeeha ^a   Warsi, Muhammad Farooq ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Muhammad Azhar ^a   Ali, Zahid ^b   Haider, Sajjad ^c   Shakir, Imran ^c  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Lasers and Optronics   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Electrical measurements; Nanocomposite; Reduced graphene oxide; Supercapacitor; Fe2O3nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY STORAGE; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SUPER CAPACITOR;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84981320393     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.029     Document Type: Article

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