There is intense interest in graphene in fields such as physics, chemistry, and materials science, among others. Interest in graphene's exceptional physical properties, chemical tunability, and potential for applications has generated thousands of publications and an accelerating pace of research, making review of such research timely. Here is an overview of the synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene and related materials (primarily, graphite oxide and its colloidal suspensions and materials made from them), from a materials science perspective.

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Graphene and Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) offer the possibilities to design solar cells with a large flexibility in shape, color, and transparency. DSC research groups have been established around the worl ...

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Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites: a review from preparation to processing

2.3. Evaluation of Photocatalytic Water Splitting 6507 2.3.1. Photocatalytic Activity 6507 2.3.2. Photocatalytic Stability 6507 3. UV-Active Photocatalysts for Water Splitting 6507 3.1. d0 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6507 3.1.1. Ti-, Zr-Based Oxides 6507 3.1.2. Nb-, Ta-Based Oxides 6514 3.1.3. W-, Mo-Based Oxides 6517 3.1.4. Other d0 Metal Oxides 6518 3.2. d10 Metal Oxide Photocatalyts 6518 3.3. f0 Metal Oxide Photocatalysts 6518 3.4. Nonoxide Photocatalysts 6518 4. Approaches to Modifying the Electronic Band Structure for Visible-Light Harvesting 6519

Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

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Honeycomb Carbon: A Review of Graphene

A polyacrylate/graphite composite was synthesized by aqueous solution polymerization. Based on the electrical conductivity of graphite and the water absorbency of polyacrylate, a novel conductive hydrogel with a conductivity of 7.3 mS m −1 was prepared. The influence of crosslinker, initiator, monomer, neutralization degree, graphite, water absorbency and temperature on the electrical conductivity of the hydrogel was investigated. An appended network structure model of the polyacrylate/graphite conductive hydrogel is proposed.

The synthesis and electrical conductivity of a polyacrylate/graphite hydrogel

The synthesis of bismuth vanadate powders and their photocatalytic properties under visible light irradiation

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Synthesis of polyacrylate/polyethylene glycol interpenetrating network hydrogel and its sorption of heavy-metal ions

A novel starch-graft-acrylamide/kaolinite superabsorbent composite with water absorbency 4000 times (g ) was synthesized by a graft copolymerization reaction among acrylamide, potato starch and kaolinite ultrafine powder, followed by saponification with NaOH. The influence of the hydrophilic group on water absorbency was investigated. It was found that the combined absorbent effect of —CONH2, —COONa and —COOH groups was superior to that of a single group, and the composite with the molar ratio of 8:6:3 for the —CONH2, —COONa and —COOH groups exhibits the highest water-absorbent ability. Copyright © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry

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Papers

The synthesis and electrical conductivity of a polyacrylate/graphite hydrogel

The synthesis of bismuth vanadate powders and their photocatalytic properties under visible light irradiation

Synthesis of polyacrylate/polyethylene glycol interpenetrating network hydrogel and its sorption of heavy-metal ions

Preparation of a starch-graft-acrylamide/kaolinite superabsorbent composite and the influence of the hydrophilic group on its water absorbency

Low-temperature processed rare-earth doped brookite TiO2 scaffold for UV stable, hysteresis-free and high-performance perovskite solar cells