Hierarchical CO 2-protective shell for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Liang, Fengli ^a   Shao, Zongping ^b   Zhu, Zhonghua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84859784423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00327     Document Type: Article

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