Electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide films: Preparation, characterization and their electrochemical properties

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3045-3050

  Zhang, Xiong ^a   Zhang, DaCheng ^a   Chen, Yao ^a   Sun, XianZhong ^a   Ma, YanWei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

electrochemical double layer capacitor; electrochemical reduction; electrode material; graphene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865447912     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5256-2     Document Type: Article

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