Spontaneous intercalation of long-chain alkyl ammonium into edge-selectively oxidized graphite to efficiently produce high-quality graphene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wei, Liangming ^a   Wu, Fei ^b   Shi, Diwen ^a   Hu, Changchen ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Yuan, Weien ^b   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhao, Jiang ^a   Geng, Huijuan ^a   Wei, Hao ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Hu, Nantao ^a   Zhang, Yafei ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84898455182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02636     Document Type: Article

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