Localized transformation of few-layered graphene producing graphitic shells with nanoparticle cores for catalytic applications

Carbon

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 406-413

  Roy, Soumyendu ^a   Bajpai, Reeti ^b   Koratkar, Nikhil ^c   Misra, D S ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GRAPHENE; IODINE; LASER ABLATION; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL OXIDE; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL DEVICES; CORE-SHELL COMPOSITES; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; HIGH SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; NANOPARTICLE (NPS);

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84921731448     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.12.106     Document Type: Article

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