One-step large-scale synthesis of micrometer-sized silver nanosheets by a template-free electrochemical method

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Park, Sun Hwa ^a   Son, Jin Gyeong ^b   Lee, Tae Geol ^a,c   Park, Hyun Min ^a,c   Song, Jae Yong ^a,c  

^a University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrochemical deposition; Nanosheets; Silver; Template free

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROLYTES; MICROMETERS; NANOSHEETS; NANOWIRES; REDUCTION; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; DILUTE CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; INTERFACE ANISOTROPY; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REDUCTION/OXIDATION; TEMPLATE-FREE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION;

EID: 84878753168     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-248     Document Type: Article

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