Heteroatoms ternary-doped porous carbons derived from MOFs as metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Ji Sen ^a,b   Li, Shun Li ^a   Tang, Yu Jia ^a   Li, Kui ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Kong, Ning ^a   Lan, Ya Qian ^a   Bao, Jian Chun ^a   Dai, Zhi Hui ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84901751224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05130     Document Type: Article

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