Preparation, characterization, and electrocatalytic performance of graphene-methylene blue thin films

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Wang, Dan ^a,b   Li, Yanguang ^a,c   Hasin, Panitat ^a   Wu, Yiying ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; Graphene; methylene blue; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651504884     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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