Preparation of graphene nanosheets by shear-assisted supercritical CO2 exfoliation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 284, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-84

  Li, Lei ^a   Xu, Jingcheng ^b   Li, Genghui ^a   Jia, Xilai ^a   Li, Yongfeng ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Liqiang ^a   Xu, Chunming ^a   Gao, Jinsen ^a   Liu, Yi ^b,c   Fang, Zhaowei ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene nanosheets; Shear assisted exfoliation; Supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE FILMS; GRAPHITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSHEETS; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICALLY REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; ECONOMICAL METHODS; EXFOLIATION PROCESS; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; HIGH DIFFUSIVITIES; HIGH SPEED SHEARS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84941253868     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.08.077     Document Type: Article

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