Graphene in Light: Design, Synthesis and Applications of Photo-active Graphene and Graphene-Like Materials

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 9; no. 8; pp. 1266 - 1283
• Main Authors: Wang, Hang-Xing, Wang, Qiang, Zhou, Kai-Ge, Zhang, Hao-Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 22.04.2013; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Carbon; charge transfer; Graphene; Nanotechnology; Optoelectronics; photo-active graphene; Photocatalysis; photodetectors; Photovoltaic cells; photovoltaics; Rare earth metals; Semiconductors; Solar cells; Synthesis

Graphene functionalized with photo‐active units has become one of the most exciting topics of research in the last few years, which remarkably sustains and expands the graphene boom. The rise of photo‐active graphene in photonics and optoelectronics is evidenced by a spate of recent reports on topic...