The effect of acid treatment on the surface chemistry and topography of graphite

Carbon

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-133

  Bouleghlimat, Emir ^a   Davies, Philip R ^a   Davies, Robert J ^a   Howarth, Rebecca ^a   Kulhavy, Jiri ^a   Morgan, David J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ACTIVE COMPONENTS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DEPOSITED MATERIALS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE LATTICES; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACES;

EID: 84879687203     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.076     Document Type: Article

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