A graphene sheet as an efficient electron acceptor and conductor for photoinduced charge separation

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3842-3850

  Zhang, Xian Fu ^a,b   Xi, Qian ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MPC Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON CHARGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE OXIDE; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; MULTIPHOTONS; NANO-ASSEMBLIES; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE SEPARATION; SMALL ENERGY; STEADY STATE FLUORESCENCES; SUPER MOLECULES; SUPERMOLECULAR METHOD; TIME-RESOLVED; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

ABSORPTION; CHROMOPHORES; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOLECULES; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79959936610     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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