NMR chemical shifts of 15N-bearing graphene

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13929-13935

  Wang, Xianlong ^a,d   Hou, Zhufeng ^a   Ikeda, Takashi ^b   Terakura, Kiyoyuki ^a,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; NITROGEN; PYRIDINE;

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DEGREE OF AGGREGATION; DOPANT DISTRIBUTION; EDGE TERMINATION; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; NMR CHEMICAL SHIFTS; NMR TECHNIQUES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

CHEMICAL SHIFT;

EID: 84908368739     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502190y     Document Type: Article

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