High-performance Ag-Co alloy catalysts for electrochemical oxygen reduction

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 828-834

  Holewinski, Adam ^a   Idrobo, Juan Carlos ^b   Linic, Suljo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84906546981     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2032     Document Type: Article

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