The preparation of the poly(vinyl alcohol)/graphene nanocomposites with low percolation threshold and high electrical conductivity by using the large-area reduced graphene oxide sheets

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 747-755

  Zhou, T N ^a   Qi, X D ^a   Fu, Q ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Large area rGO; Nanocomposites; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Thermal reduction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LARGE-AREA GRAPHENE; LARGE-AREA RGO; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THERMAL REDUCTION;

GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84879480490     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.72     Document Type: Article

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