Catalytic mechanisms of sulfur-doped graphene as efficient oxygen reduction reaction catalysts for fuel cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3545-3553

  Zhang, Lipeng ^a   Niu, Jianbing ^a   Li, Mingtao ^a   Xia, Zhenhai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84894523154     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410501u     Document Type: Article

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