Reversible hydrophobic to hydrophilic transition in graphene via water splitting induced by UV irradiation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xu, Zhemi ^a   Ao, Zhimin ^a,b   Chu, Dewei ^a   Younis, Adnan ^a   Li, Chang Ming ^c   Li, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84923360770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06450     Document Type: Article

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