Investigating graphene/conducting polymer hybrid layered composites as pseudocapacitors: Interplay of heterogeneous electron transfer, electric double layers and mechanical stability

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-59

  Gupta, Sanju ^a   Price, Carson ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Graphene polymer hybrids; Heterogeneous electron transfer; Layered assembly; Pseudocapacitors

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY STORAGE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MULTILAYERS; POLYANILINE; POLYPYRROLES; PULSE ANALYZING CIRCUITS;

DISCHARGE CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT PARAMETER; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER; POLYMER CHAIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOCAPACITORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84985993795     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.08.035     Document Type: Article

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