Production of graphene from graphite oxide using urea as expansion-reduction agent

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3463-3470

  Wakeland, Stephen ^a   Martinez, Ricardo ^a   Grey, John K ^b   Luhrs, Claudia C ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; GENERATION PROCESS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE OXIDE; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REDUCING GAS; REDUCTION AGENTS; REDUCTION PROCESS; SCALE-UP; SEM; TWO-STEP PROCESS; XRD , TEM;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EXPANSION; GRAPHENE; INERT GASES; METABOLISM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; UREA;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 77955414133     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.043     Document Type: Article

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