Curly graphene with specious interlayers displaying superior capacity for hydrogen storage

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25845-25851

  Eftekhari, Ali ^a   Jafarkhani, Parvaneh ^b  

^a National Institute of Arts and Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; FLEXIBLE SHEETS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; SOLVOTHERMAL ROUTE;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPOSITE FILMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN STORAGE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84890360159     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410044v     Document Type: Article

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