Effects of the electric field on the properties of ZnO-graphene composites: A density functional theory study

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3542-3548

  Geng, Wei ^a   Zhao, Xuefei ^a   Zan, Wenyan ^a   Liu, Huanxiang ^b   Yao, Xiaojun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRICITY; GRAPHITE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84893472694     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52841c     Document Type: Article

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