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Free-Standing Graphene Film with High Conductivity by Thermal Reduction of Self-assembled Graphene Oxide Film

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Surface Chemistry and Macroscopic Assembly of Graphene for Application in Energy Storage

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Graphene, as a two-dimensional crystal of sp2 conjugated carbon atoms, is viewed as a building block for carbonaceous materials of other dimensionalities including zero-dimensional fullerenes, one-dimensional carbon nanotubes, and three-dimensional (3D) graphite [1].

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Chen, CM. (2016). Free-Standing Graphene Film with High Conductivity by Thermal Reduction of Self-assembled Graphene Oxide Film. In: Surface Chemistry and Macroscopic Assembly of Graphene for Application in Energy Storage. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48676-4_4

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