Multifunctional Structural Supercapacitor Based on Urea-Activated Graphene Nanoflakes Directly Grown on Carbon Fiber Electrodes
- Submitting institution
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University of Ulster
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 78525052
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1021/acsaem.9b02469
- Title of journal
- ACS Applied Energy Materials
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- First page
- 4245
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 2574-0962
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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F - Plasma Science and Nanoscale Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This significant publication highlights the first demonstration of the direct growth of graphene nanoflakes (GNFs) on carbon fibres (CFs) and their nitrogenation with urea have potential to enhance structural supercapacitors. This represents a fundamental step forward from previous works (focused on growth of carbon nanotubes or aerogels on CFs) where problems associated with use of catalysts and high temperatures were eliminated and led to improvements in multifunctional performance. Builds on Papakonstantinou’s earlier highly cited work on GNFs [Adv. Funct. Mater. 18(2008)3506] and work [DOI:10.1021/acsanm.9b02536] funded by USA Airforce Office for Scientific Research (FA9550-17-1-0042). Led to invited paper submission/talk (Composites-2020 Imaginenano).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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