Identification of functional groups and determination of carboxyl formation temperature in graphene oxide using the XPS O 1s spectrum

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 590, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-48

  Kwan, Yue Chau Garen ^a,b   Ng, Ging Meng ^b   Huan, Cheng Hon Alfred ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carboxylation on graphene oxide; Functional group identification; Graphene oxide; O 1s spectra of graphene oxide; Thermal annealing; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; CARBOXYLATION; GRAPHENE OXIDE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BASAL PLANES; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; GROUP IDENTIFICATION; IN-SITU HEATING; OXYGEN RATIOS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETRIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84941347460     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.07.051     Document Type: Article

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