Low-temperature aluminum reduction of graphene oxide, electrical properties, surface wettability, and energy storage applications

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 9068-9078

  Wan, Dongyun ^a   Yang, Chongyin ^a   Lin, Tianquan ^a   Tang, Yufeng ^a   Zhou, Mi ^a   Zhong, Yajuan ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^a,b   Lin, Jianhua ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al reduction; graphene oxide; lithium ion battery; surface wettability; thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

AL-METAL; ALUMINUM REDUCTION; ANODE MATERIAL; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROPHOBIC NATURE; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; LOW OXYGEN; LOW TEMPERATURES; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; OXYGEN REMOVAL; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; SURFACE WETTABILITY;

ANODES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOAMS; HEAT STORAGE; LITHIUM BATTERIES; ORE REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PAPER; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; STEARIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENERGY; VIRTUAL STORAGE; WETTING;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POWER SUPPLY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WETTABILITY;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; TEMPERATURE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84867835775     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303228r     Document Type: Article

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