A mixed-solvent strategy for facile and green preparation of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yi, Min ^a   Shen, Zhigang ^a   Ma, Shulin ^a   Zhang, Xiaojing ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hansen solubility parameters; Liquid phase exfoliation; Mixed solvent strategy; Preparation

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; EXFOLIATION (MATERIALS SCIENCE); GRAPHITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; NANOSHEETS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID-PHASE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MIXED SOLVENT; PREPARATION; WATER ETHANOL MIXTURES; WATER-ISOPROPANOL MIXTURES;

GRAPHENE;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84863440578     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1003-5     Document Type: Article

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