Simultaneous Graphite Exfoliation and N Doping in Supercritical Ammonia

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 45, 2016, Pages 30964-30971

  Sasikala, Suchithra Padmajan ^a   Huang, Kai ^a   Giroire, Baptiste ^a   Prabhakaran, Prem ^b   Henry, Lucile ^a   Penicaud, Alain ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a   Aymonier, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Hannam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

electrochemical catalyst; in situ N doping of graphene; liquid phase exfoliation; oxygen reduction reaction; supercritical ammonia

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DEFECT DENSITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; LIQUIDS; REDUCTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYST; LIQUID PHASE; N-DOPING; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SUPERCRITICAL AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

EID: 84996482995     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b10570     Document Type: Article

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