Original Article
  • Improvement of Graphene Quality by Electrochemical Exfoliation using Polarity Reversing Potential

  • Sungmook Lim*, Wonoh Lee*†

  • * School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University

  • 극성 변환 전압을 이용한 전기화학 박리 그래핀의 품질 개선

  • 임성묵* · 이원오*†

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Correspondence to

  • Wonoh Lee

  • * School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University

  • E-mail: wonohlee@jnu.ac.kr