Review Article

Performance Enhancement of Carbon Nanomaterials for Supercapacitors

Table 3

Typical properties of carbon nanofibers grown by CVD [20].

ParameterTypical values

Diameter1–100 nm
Length0.1–100 m
Fill factor when grown as films5–80%
Density<2 g/cm3
Thermal expansion coefficient (CTE)~10−6/K–10−7/K
Young modulus80–800 GPa
Electrical resistivity0.1 ·m–2 m·m
Thermal conductivity20–3000 W/m·K
Temperature tolerance>1000C without oxygen,
>400C with oxygen