Facile Synthesis of Graphene Sponge from Graphene Oxide for Efficient Dye-Sensitized H2 Evolution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 15187-15195

  Zhang, Weiying ^a   Li, Yuexiang ^a   Peng, Shaoqin ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized; graphene sponge; H2 evolution; phase separation; thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAT TREATMENT; PHASE SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE;

BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODS; DYE SENSITIZED; H2 EVOLUTION; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPOROUS STRUCTURES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84975865405     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01805     Document Type: Article

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