Facile hydrothermal reduction synthesis of porous Co3O4 nanosheets@RGO nanocomposite and applied as a supercapacitor electrode with enhanced specific capacitance and excellent cycle stability

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 222, Issue , 2016, Pages 976-982

  Du, Feng ^a   Zuo, Xueqin ^a   Yang, Qun ^a   Li, Guang ^a,b   Ding, Zongling ^a,b   Wu, Mingzai ^a,b   Ma, Yongqing ^a,b   Jin, Shaowei ^a,b   Zhu, Kerong ^a,b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Key Laboratory of Advanced Building Materials   (China)

Author keywords

Co3O4@RGO; Nanosheets; Stability; Structure; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COBALT; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYCLE STABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL REDUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTRODES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 85006707437     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.11.065     Document Type: Article

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