Synthesis of flake-like graphene from nickel-coated polyacrylonitrile polymer

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kwon, Ho je ^a,b   Ha, Jun Mok ^a   Yoo, Sung Ho ^a   Ali, Ghafar ^a   Cho, Sung Oh ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene; Graphene flake; Nickel; Polyacrylonitrile; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; NICKEL; NICKEL COATINGS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DE-WETTING; METAL CATALYST; NI COATING; NICKEL COATED; NON-UNIFORM; POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN); POLYMER PRECURSORS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84915745877     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-618     Document Type: Article

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