Electrochromic graphene molecules

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4043-4049

  Ji, Zhiqiang ^a   Doorn, Stephen K ^b   Sykora, Milan ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTEGRATED NANOTECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

electrochemistry; electrochromism; graphene; graphene molecule; graphene quantum dot; nanographene; spectro electrochemistry

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHROMISM; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES;

ABSORPTION CHANGES; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRO-CHROMIC APPLICATIONS; NANOGRAPHENE; NONIDEALITY FACTORS; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; STRONG INTERACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84928967051     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00093     Document Type: Article

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