One pot preparation of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) or Au (Ag) nanoparticle-RGO hybrids using chitosan as a reducing and stabilizing agent and their use in methanol electrooxidation

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2513-2523

  Guo, Yongqin ^a   Sun, Xiying ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Qiu, Haixia ^a   Gao, Jianping ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; BIODEGRADABLE MACROMOLECULES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; GREEN METHOD; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; ONE POT; OPTIMUM REACTION CONDITIONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; STABILIZING AGENTS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; CHITOSAN; ELECTROOXIDATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; MACROMOLECULES; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PH EFFECTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 84862791739     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.01.074     Document Type: Article

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