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Wenjuan Yang, Igor Zhitomirsky
Summary: This investigation addresses the challenges in the development of efficient nanostructured Mn3O4 cathodes for supercapacitors. A new approach using rhamnolipids as a capping agent and co-dispersant for Mn3O4 particles and carbon nanotubes has been developed to enhance the performance of the electrodes.
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Jincy Parayangattil Jyothibasu, Ruei-Hong Wang, Kenneth Ong, Juping Hillary Lin Ong, Rong-Ho Lee
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Yaqi Chen, Lifen Tong, Guo Lin, Xiaobo Liu
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V. J. Mane, S. B. Kale, S. B. Ubale, V. C. Lokhande, C. D. Lokhande
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JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
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Wenyu Liang, Igor Zhitomirsky
Summary: MXenes, such as Ti3C2Tx, are promising materials for supercapacitor electrodes. Colloidal techniques were used in the fabrication of Ti3C2Tx-Fe3O4-CNT electrodes with high areal capacitance. Celestine blue played a crucial role in improving the capacitive performance by serving as a co-dispersant for individual materials.
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Zhenyuan Xia, Viktoriia Mishukova, Szymon Sollami Delekta, Jinhua Sun, Jaime S. Sanchez, Jiantong Li, Vincenzo Palermo
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Chunyu Chen, Lijuan Men, An Liu, Siyang Yu, Jiankang Zhou, Zihan Wei, Dianchun Ju
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Song Zhang, Ming Zhang, Chongjie Wang, Pengjian Lu, Bingjian Guo, Bao-Wen Li, Rong Tu, Qingfang Xu, Chuanbin Wang, Lianmeng Zhang
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(2020)
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Panpan Zhang, Xu Wang, Yangyang Yang, Haifeng Yang, Chunsheng Lu, Mingru Su, Yu Zhou, Aichun Dou, Xiaowei Li, Xiaochuan Hou, Yunjian Liu
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2024)
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Zeeshan Ajmal, Mahmood Ul Haq, Shahid Zaman, M. K. Al-Muhanna, Anuj Kumar, Mohammed M. Fadhali, Siwar Ben Hadj Hassine, Muhammas Qasim, K. F. Alshammari, Ghulam Abbas Ashraf, Abdul Qadeer, Adil Murtaza, Sulaiman Al-Sulaimi, Huaqiang Zeng
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Angela Arnosa-Prieto, Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez, Manuel A. Gonzalez-Gomez, Pelayo Garcia-Acevedo, Lisandra de Castro-Alves, Yolanda Pineiro, Jose Rivas
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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Yu Fang, Cheng-Ye Zhu, Hao-Cheng Yang, Chao Zhang, Zhi-Kang Xu
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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Isaac J. Gresham, Edwin C. Johnson, Hayden Robertson, Joshua D. Willott, Grant B. Webber, Erica J. Wanless, Andrew R. J. Nelson, Stuart W. Prescott
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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(2024)