Graphene for batteries, supercapacitors and beyond

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  El Kady, Maher F ^a,b   Shao, Yuanlong ^a,c   Kaner, Richard B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of California   (United States)

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EID: 84984909904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.33     Document Type: Review

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