Nanocrystalline intermetallics on mesoporous carbon for direct formic acid fuel cell anodes

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-293

  Ji, Xiulei ^a   Lee, Kyu Tae ^a   Holden, Reanne ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Zhang, Jiujun ^b   Botton, Gianluigi A ^c   Couillard, Martin ^c   Nazar, Linda F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77950295284     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.553     Document Type: Article

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