Carbon nanocages: A new support material for Pt catalyst with remarkably high durability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Xiao Xia ^a   Tan, Zhe Hua ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Wang, Jian Nong ^a  

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

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EID: 84905922579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04437     Document Type: Article

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