Heteroatom-doped highly porous carbon from human urine

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chaudhari, Nitin Kaduba ^a   Song, Min Young ^a   Yu, Jong Sung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANOL;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; URINE;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; METHANOL; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URINE;

EID: 84902179180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05221     Document Type: Article

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