Efficient and durable hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst based on nonmetallic nitrogen doped hexagonal carbon

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yanming ^a   Yu, Hongtao ^a   Quan, Xie ^a   Chen, Shuo ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a   Zhang, Yaobin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84923288874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06843     Document Type: Article

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