Self-Size-Limiting Nanoscale Perforation of Graphene for Dense Heteroatom Doping

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25898-25905

  Maiti, Uday Narayan ^a,b   Thapa, Ranjit ^c   Lim, Joonwon ^a   Li, Dong Jun ^a   Kim, Kwang Ho ^d   Kim, Sang Ouk ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^c SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

density functional theory; doping; graphene; oxygen reduction reaction; perforation

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PORE SIZE; WELL PERFORATION;

CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION; DOPING STRATEGIES; GRAPHENE AEROGELS; LATTICE-MISMATCHED; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84948673732     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08391     Document Type: Article

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