"Green" reduction of graphene oxide to graphene by sodium citrate

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Wan, Wu Bo ^a   Zhao, Zong Bin ^a   Hu, Han ^a   Zhou, Quan ^a   Fan, Yan Ru ^a   Qiu, Jie Shan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Graphite oxide; Selective reduction; Sodium citrate

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

% REDUCTIONS; CONDITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM-INFRARED SPECTROMETRIES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; GRAPHITE OXIDE; SELECTIVE REDUCTION; SODIUM CITRATE; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

GRAPHENE OXIDE;

EID: 79953807851     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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