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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 2, 020001(2025)

Advances in applications of in situ synchrotron-based X-ray techniques in supercapacitor research

Qingcao WEN^1,3, Zijian XU^2,3, Aiying CHEN¹, and Renzhong TAI^2,3、*

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¹University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200082, China

²Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China

³Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Category: INVITED REVIEW

Received: Apr. 10, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

The Author Email: TAI Renzhong (TAIRenzhong)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.230032

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