Turning indium oxide into a superior electrocatalyst: Deterministic heteroatoms

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Bo ^a,b   Zhang, Nan Nan ^a   Chen, Jian Fu ^a   Hou, Yu ^b   Yang, Shuang ^b   Guo, Jian Wei ^b   Yang, Xiao Hua ^b   Zhong, Ju Hua ^a   Wang, Hai Feng ^a   Hu, P ^a,c   Zhao, Hui Jun ^d   Yang, Hua Gui ^b,d  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84889239047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03109     Document Type: Article

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