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This paper describes a sequential, two-step process for the synthesis of a composite based on graphene and CeO2 nanoparticles using supercritical fluid. The process includes the reduction of a prepre-pared graphene oxide/CeO2 nanocomposite with supercritical propanol-2. The nanocomposites thus obtained have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Soloveva, Yu.V. Ioni, E.Yu. Buslaeva, M.A. Zaporozhets, S.V. Savilov, A.V. Naumkin, S.P. Gubin, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 8, pp. 923–928.
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Soloveva, A.Y., Ioni, Y.V., Buslaeva, E.Y. et al. Fabrication and characterization of composites based on CeO2 nanoparticles and graphene. Inorg Mater 51, 848–853 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515080178
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