A novel strategy to simultaneously electrochemically prepare and functionalize graphene with a multifunctional flame retardant

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 316, Issue , 2017, Pages 514-524

  Cai, Wei ^a   Feng, Xiaming ^a   Wang, Bibo ^a   Hu, Weizhao ^a   Yuan, Bihe ^b   Hong, Ningning ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical exfoliation; Flame retardancy; Functionalized graphene; TPU composites

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; DEGRADATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELECTROCHEMICAL EXFOLIATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ROUTES; FLAME RETARDANCY; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85012119048     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.017     Document Type: Article

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