journal article·2025-06

Biased dual-exfoliation technique with expanded graphite for high-quality few-layer graphene sheets in electrochemical exfoliation

Sungmook Lim, Niranjanmurthi Lingappan, Wonoh Lee

Carbon Letters· Volume 35· Issue 3
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