Magnesiothermic synthesis of sulfur-doped graphene as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Jiacheng ^a,b   Ma, Ruguang ^a,b   Zhou, Zhenzhen ^a,b   Liu, Guanghui ^a,b   Liu, Qian ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS   (China)

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EID: 84925355607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09304     Document Type: Article

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