Thermostability, photoluminescence, and electrical properties of reduced graphene oxide-carbon nanotube hybrid materials

Crystals

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-37

  Liu, Fuchi ^a,b   Cao, Yong ^c   Yi, Mingdong ^c   Xie, Linghai ^c   Huang, Wei ^c   Tang, Nujiang ^a   Zhong, Wei ^a   Du, Youwei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Graphene hybrid materials; Photoluminescence; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894407582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cryst3010028     Document Type: Article

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