Electrochemical Applications of Two-Dimensional Nanosheets: The Effect of Nanosheet Length and Thickness

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2641-2651

  Gholamvand, Zahra ^a   McAteer, David ^a   Harvey, Andrew ^a   Backes, Claudia ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRODES; NANOSHEETS;

DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; TURNOVER FREQUENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL NANOSHEETS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84969170524     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00009     Document Type: Article

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