Growth of silver nanocrystals on graphene by simultaneous reduction of graphene oxide and silver ions with a rapid and efficient one-step approach.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Beijing Key Laboratory on Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymeric Materials, Department of Polymer Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.

Published: March 2011

A rapid and efficient one-step approach to prepare graphene-Ag nanocomposites by simultaneous reduction of graphene oxide (GO) and silver ions with formaldehyde as the reducing agent within several minutes was demonstrated.

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