Antimony-doped graphene nanoplatelets

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jeon, In Yup ^a   Choi, Min ^a   Choi, Hyun Jung ^a   Jung, Sun Min ^a   Kim, Min Jung ^a   Seo, Jeong Min ^a   Bae, Seo Yoon ^a   Yoo, Seonyoung ^a   Kim, Guntae ^a   Jeong, Hu Young ^a   Park, Noejung ^a   Baek, Jong Beom ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPLATELET; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMONY; CARBON; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BONDING; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; NONMETAL; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAIN; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84930207230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8123     Document Type: Article

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