Electrophoretic deposition of graphene, carbon nanotubes and composite films using methyl violet dye as a dispersing agent

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-103

  Su, Y ^a   Zhitomirsky, I ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composite; Electrophoretic deposition; Film; Graphene; Methyl violet

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILMS; GRAPHENE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CAPACITANCE RETENTION; CATHODIC ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL VIOLET;

DEPOSITION;

CRYSTAL VIOLET; DISPERSANT; GRAPHENE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATHODIC ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84880277571     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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