Single source precursor-based solvothermal synthesis of heteroatom-doped graphene and its energy storage and conversion applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Quan, Bo ^a   Yu, Seung Ho ^b,c   Chung, Dong Young ^b,c   Jin, Aihua ^b,c   Park, Ji Hyun ^a   Sung, Yung Eun ^b,c   Piao, Yuanzhe ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84904169431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05639     Document Type: Article

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