Electrochemical supercapacitors for energy storage and delivery: Fundamentals and applications

Electrochemical Supercapacitors for Energy Storage and Delivery: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 1-355

  Yu, Aiping ^a   Chabot, Victor ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY STORAGE; PACKAGING MATERIALS; SEALANTS; SUPERCAPACITOR;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CURRENT COLLECTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSIONS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; STORAGE AND DELIVERY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 85052005223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b14671     Document Type: Book

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