Platinum particles supported on mesoporous carbons: Fabrication and electrocatalytic performance in methanol-tolerant oxygen-reduction reactions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dong, Cheng Di ^a   Chen, Chiu Wen ^a   Chen, Chih Feng ^a   Hung, Chang Mao ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84906814652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05790     Document Type: Article

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