Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 40, Issue 5, 473(2025)

Co-production of Few-layer Graphene and Hydrogen from Methane Pyrolysis Based on Cu and Metal Oxide-KCl Molten Medium

Mingkai YANG1, Zeai HUANG1,2, Yunxiao ZHOU1, Tong LIU1, Kuikui ZHANG1, Hao TAN1, Mengying LIU1, Junjie ZHAN1, Guoxing CHEN3, and Ying ZHOU1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • 22. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • 33. Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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    Mingkai YANG, Zeai HUANG, Yunxiao ZHOU, Tong LIU, Kuikui ZHANG, Hao TAN, Mengying LIU, Junjie ZHAN, Guoxing CHEN, Ying ZHOU. Co-production of Few-layer Graphene and Hydrogen from Methane Pyrolysis Based on Cu and Metal Oxide-KCl Molten Medium[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2025, 40(5): 473

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    Received: Oct. 25, 2024

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    Published Online: Sep. 2, 2025

    The Author Email: Ying ZHOU (yzhou@swpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20240445

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