A unique two-step Hummers method for fabricating low-defect graphene oxide nanoribbons through exfoliating multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2762-2769

  Chang, Chih I ^a   Chang, Kuo Hsin ^a   Shen, Hsiao Hsuan ^a   Hu, Chi Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exfoliation; Graphene oxide nanoribbon; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Two step Hummers method; Unzipping

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; MULTILAYERS; NANORIBBONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

EXFOLIATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANORIBBON; HUMMERS METHOD; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UNZIPPING; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84922444038     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.05.030     Document Type: Article

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