Selective band gap manipulation of graphene oxide by its reduction with mild reagents

Carbon

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 967-973

  Velasco Soto, M A ^a   Perez Garcia S A ^a,b   Alvarez Quintana, J ^a,b   Cao, Y ^c   Nyborg, L ^c   Licea Jimenez L ^a,b  

^a Unidad Monterrey PIIT   (Mexico)

^b GENES Group of Embedded Nanomaterials for Energy Scavenging   (Mexico)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; EXCITONS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GRAPHENE; MODULATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; GRAPHENE OXIDES; POLYMERIC SOLAR CELLS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84938633955     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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