Synthesis of graphene on a Ni film by radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3040-3044

  Qi, JunLei ^a   Zhang, LiXia ^a   Cao, Jian ^a   Zheng, WeiTao ^b   Wang, Xin ^b   Feng, JiCai ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; large area; PECVD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865501360     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5120-4     Document Type: Article

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