Flexible viologen electrochromic devices with low operational voltages using reduced graphene oxide electrodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14562-14567

  Palenzuela, Jesús ^a   Viñuales, Ana ^a   Odriozola, Ibon ^a   Cabañero, Germán ^a   Grande, Hans J ^a   Ruiz, Virginia ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

electrochromism; flexible electrodes; graphene oxide; viologen

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; OXIDE FILMS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; TIN OXIDES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROCHROMIC PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; OPERATIONAL VOLTAGE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SWITCHING VOLTAGES; VIOLOGENS;

GRAPHENE DEVICES;

EID: 84906819041     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503869b     Document Type: Article

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