Liquid crystal size selection of large-size graphene oxide for size-dependent N-doping and oxygen reduction catalysis

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9073-9080

  Lee, Kyung Eun ^a   Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Maiti, Uday Narayan ^a   Lim, Joonwon ^a   Hwang, Jin Ok ^a   Shim, Jongwon ^a   Oh, Jung Jae ^a   Yun, Taeyeong ^a   Kim, Sang Ouk ^a  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

catalyst; doping; graphene; liquid crystal; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; ION BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ONSET POTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSIS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84920116906     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5024544     Document Type: Article

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