Direct N2H4/H2O2 fuel cells powered by nanoporous gold leaves

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yan, Xiuling ^a,b   Meng, Fanhui ^b   Xie, Yun ^c   Liu, Jianguo ^c   Ding, Yi ^b,d  

^a Yili Normal University   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shandong Applied Research Centre of Gold Nanotechnology Au SDARC   (China)

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EID: 84871727003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00941     Document Type: Article

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