Hybrids of carbon nanotubes and graphene/graphene oxide

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-37

  Kong, H X ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Electrical properties; Graphene; Graphene oxide; Hybrid composite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84877576277     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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