Polypyrrole coated thermally exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets and the effect of oxygen surface groups on the interaction of platinum catalysts with graphene-based nanocomposites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 12562-12571

  Okan, Burcu Saner ^a   Yürüm, Alp ^b   Gorgülü, Neylan ^a   Gürsel, Selmiye Alkan ^a   Yürüm, Yuda ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILLERS; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; HYDROPHILIC CARBONS; MASS RATIO; MATRIX; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; POLYMER THICKNESS; PT DEPOSITION; PT DISPERSION; PT PARTICLE; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; SURFACE OXYGEN; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION;

CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; POLYPYRROLES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 80855133018     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201613f     Document Type: Article

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