Graphene oxide: progress in preparation, reduction and application

ZHANG Qian; TANG Li-Bin; LI Ru-Jie; XIANG Jin-Zhong; HUANG Qiang; LAU Shu-Ping

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2019.01.014

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