A rapid low-temperature synthetic method leading to large-scale carboxyl graphene

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 471-479

  Pan, Ning ^a,b   Guan, Debin ^b   Yang, Yuntao ^b   Huang, Zhenling ^a   Wang, Ruibing ^c   Jin, Yongdong ^a   Xia, Chuanqin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^c BTG International   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graphene; Graphene oxide; Selective reduction

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LOW TEMPERATURES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SELECTIVE REDUCTION; SYNTHETIC METHODS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

ALKALINITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84888000599     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.060     Document Type: Article

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