B and N isolate-doped graphitic carbon nanosheets from nitrogen-containing ion-exchanged resins for enhanced oxygen reduction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Lei ^a   Yu, Peng ^a   Zhao, Lu ^a   Tian, Chungui ^a   Zhao, Dongdong ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Yin, Jie ^a   Wang, Ruihong ^a   Fu, Honggang ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84902196452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05184     Document Type: Article

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