Facile and gram-scale synthesis of metal-free catalysts: Toward realistic applications for fuel cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Ok Hee ^a   Cho, Yong Hun ^b   Chung, Dong Young ^c,d   Kim, Min Jeong ^c,d   Yoo, Ji Mun ^c,d   Park, Ji Eun ^c,d   Choe, Heeman ^e   Sung, Yung Eun ^c,d  

^a Korea Naval Academy   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Kookmin University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84923862403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08376     Document Type: Article

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