Carbon-based Catalyst Support in Fuel Cell Applications

Novel Carbon Adsorbents

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 549-581

  Liang, Ji ^a   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^a   Lu, Gao Qing Max ^a   Hulicova Jurcakova, Denisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097744-7.00018-1     Document Type: Chapter

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