A Tape-Wrapping Strategy towards Electrochemical Fabrication of Water-Dispersible Graphene
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Preparation of w-Gr
2.3. Assembly of w-Gr
2.4. Characterization Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of w-Gr
3.2. Assembly of w-Gr
3.3. Mechanism Analysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Xiao, D.; He, P.; Zheng, H.; Yang, S.; Yang, S.; Ding, G. A Tape-Wrapping Strategy towards Electrochemical Fabrication of Water-Dispersible Graphene. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 805. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14090805
Xiao D, He P, Zheng H, Yang S, Yang S, Ding G. A Tape-Wrapping Strategy towards Electrochemical Fabrication of Water-Dispersible Graphene. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(9):805. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14090805
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiao, Deyue, Peng He, Haolong Zheng, Shujing Yang, Siwei Yang, and Guqiao Ding. 2024. "A Tape-Wrapping Strategy towards Electrochemical Fabrication of Water-Dispersible Graphene" Nanomaterials 14, no. 9: 805. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14090805