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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 270289, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/270289
Research Article

Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Array by DC Glow Plasma Etching for Supercapacitor

Yongfeng Luo,1,2 Xi Li,1,2 Zhiqiang Gong,1 Zhongzhi Sheng,1 Xiaofang Peng,1 Qunying Mou,1 Mengdong He,1 Xianjun Li,3 and Hong Chen1

1Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
2State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
3Material Science and Engineering College, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China

Received 4 January 2013; Accepted 29 January 2013

Academic Editor: Li Li

Copyright © 2013 Yongfeng Luo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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