Three-dimensional Nitrogen-doped graphene as binder-free electrode materials for supercapacitors with high volumetric capacitance and the synergistic effect between nitrogen configuration and supercapacitive performance

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-40

  Zhao, Xiao ^a   Dong, Hanwu ^a,b   Xiao, Yong ^b   Hu, Hang ^a   Cai, Yijin ^a   Liang, Yeru ^a   Sun, Luyi ^c   Liu, Yingliang ^a,b   Zheng, Mingtao ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Optical Agriculture   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

nitrogen configuration; nitrogen doped graphene; supercapacitors; three dimensional structure; volumetric capacitance

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; BINS; CAPACITANCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROLYTE PENETRATION; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; SUPER CAPACITOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; VOLUMETRIC CAPACITANCE;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84988662624     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.096     Document Type: Article

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