Chemically clean single-step oxido-reductive synthesis of green luminescent graphene quantum dots as impending electrocatalyst

Carbon

Volumn 109, Issue , 2016, Pages 517-528

  Guin, Jhimli Paul ^a   Guin, Saurav K ^a   Debnath, Tushar ^a   Ghosh, Hirendra N ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; EXCITED STATES; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; GAMMA RADIOLYSIS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER; HYDROXYL RADICALS; NASCENT HYDROGENS; REDOX MEDIATORS; SPHERE ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84983652661     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.08.039     Document Type: Article

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