Enhanced oxygen reduction performance of Pt catalysts by nano-loops formed on the surface of carbon nanofiber support

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2140-2143

  Gan, Lin ^a   Du, Hongda ^a   Li, Baohua ^a   Kang, Feiyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 54549121282     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.09.037     Document Type: Letter

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