Understanding Hydrothermally Reduced Graphene Oxide Hydrogels: From Reaction Products to Hydrogel Properties

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1756-1768

  Hu, Kaiwen ^a   Xie, Xingyi ^a,b   Szkopek, Thomas ^a   Cerruti, Marta ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GELATION; GRAPHENE; REACTION PRODUCTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITRATION;

CARBONATE SPECIES; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE HYDROGELS; HYDROTHERMAL REDUCTION; ORGANIC FRAGMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84962199724     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04713     Document Type: Article

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