Three-Dimensional Bicontinuous Graphene Monolith from Polymer Templates

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6041-6049

  Liu, Kewei ^a   Chen, Yu Ming ^a   Policastro, Gina M ^a   Becker, Matthew L ^a   Zhu, Yu ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

bicontinuous; electroless deposition; graphene; polymer blends; supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPOLYMERS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROLESS PLATING; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; ETHYLENE; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NICKEL; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; STYRENE;

BICONTINUOUS; ELECTROLESS METAL; GRAPHENE SHEETS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; POLYMER TEMPLATES; SUPER CAPACITOR; SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84934904059     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01006     Document Type: Article

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