Morphology study of electrodeposited zinc from zinc sulfate solutions as anode for zinc-air and zinc-carbon batteries

Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-48

  Alias, Nurhaswani ^a   Mohamad, Ahmad Azmin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Copper substrate; Current density; Zinc air battery; Zinc carbon battery; Zn deposition

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON; CURRENT DENSITY; DEPOSITS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC DEPOSITS;

AQUEOUS BATTERIES; COMPACT STRUCTURES; COPPER SUBSTRATES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERIZATIONS; SPECIFIC DISCHARGE CAPACITY; ZINC-CARBON BATTERY; ZN DEPOSITION;

ZINC AIR BATTERIES;

EID: 85017184104     PISSN: 10183639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksues.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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