Direct production of highly conductive graphene with a low oxygen content by a microwave-assisted solvothermal method

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 232, Issue , 2013, Pages 346-355

  Khai, Tran Van ^a,d   Kwak, Dong Sub ^a   Kwon, Yong Jung ^a   Cho, Hong Yeon ^a   Huan, Tran Ngoc ^a   Chung, Hoeil ^a   Ham, Heon ^b   Lee, Chongmu ^c   Dan, Nguyen Van ^d   Tung, Ngo Trinh ^e   Kim, Hyoun Woo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology   (Viet Nam)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Graphene; Microwave; Solvothermal

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM MEASUREMENTS; LOW OXYGEN CONTENTS; SOLVOTHERMAL; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL REDUCTION; SOLVOTHERMAL TREATMENT;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883020053     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.123     Document Type: Article

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