Photoelectrochemical properties of graphene and its derivatives

Nanomaterials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-356

  Adán Más, Alberto ^a   Wei, Di ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; Graphene oxide; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrochemistry; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85117876324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano3030325     Document Type: Review

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