High-quality few layer graphene produced by electrochemical intercalation and microwave-assisted expansion of graphite

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2809-2816

  Morales, Gustavo M ^a   Schifani, Pablo ^a   Ellis, Gary ^b   Ballesteros, Carmen ^c   Martínez, Gerardo ^b   Barbero, César ^a   Salavagione, Horacio J ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON LATTICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERCALATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAPHITE INTERCALATION COMPOUND; GRAPHITE OXIDE; HIGH QUALITY; INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; PERCHLORIC ACIDS; POTENTIAL CONTROL; PRE-TREATMENT; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; UV-VISIBLE;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; INORGANIC ACIDS; INTERCALATION; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79953769095     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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