Rapid mass production of two-dimensional metal oxides and hydroxides via the molten salts method

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Hu, Zhimi ^a   Xiao, Xu ^a   Jin, Huanyu ^a   Li, Tianqi ^a   Chen, Ming ^b   Liang, Zhun ^b   Guo, Zhengfeng ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Wan, Jun ^a   Huang, Liang ^a   Zhang, Yanrong ^b   Feng, Guang ^b   Zhou, Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPPER HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL HYDROXIDE; METAL OXIDE; NANOCOATING; NANOSHEET; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC HYDROXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; HYDROXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MANGANESE OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TUNGSTEN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLTEN SALTS METHOD; NANOCHEMISTRY; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUPERCAPACITOR; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 85020010113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15630     Document Type: Article

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