Three-dimensional porous architectures of carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets for energy applications

Frontiers in Energy Research

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Xuewan ^a   Sun, Gengzhi ^a   Chen, Peng ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Energy conversion; Energy storage; Graphene; Three dimensional architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988290345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2014.00033     Document Type: Review

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