Scalable enhancement of graphene oxide properties by thermally driven phase transformation

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-158

  Kumar, Priyank V ^a   Bardhan, Neelkanth M ^a,b   Tongay, Sefaattin ^c   Wu, Junqiao ^c   Belcher, Angela M ^a,b   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE;

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; GRAPHITE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHASE TRANSITION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84892970486     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1820     Document Type: Article

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