Encapsulating Pd nanoparticles in double-shelled graphene@carbon hollow Spheres for excellent chemical catalytic property

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Zheye ^a   Xiao, Fei ^a   Xi, Jiangbo ^a   Sun, Tai ^a   Xiao, Shuang ^a   Wang, Hairong ^b   Wang, Shuai ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84907146341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04053     Document Type: Article

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