Functionalized graphene as electrode material for capacitive deionization

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1111-1116

  Jia, Baoping ^a,b   Zou, Linda ^b  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacitive Deionization; Graphene; Sulphonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884334323     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2013.1561     Document Type: Article

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