Synthesis and electrochemical applications of nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 615-635

  Majeed, Saadat ^a,b,c   Zhao, Jianming ^a,b   Zhang, Ling ^a,b   Anjum, Saima ^a,b   Liu, Zhongyuan ^a   Xu, Guobao ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Applications; Biosensors; Carbon nanomaterials; Electrochemistry; Nitrogen doping

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BIOSENSORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; YARN;

BONDING CONFIGURATIONS; CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; NITROGEN-DOPING; SYNTHETIC METHODS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84926639921     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2013-0007     Document Type: Review

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