Three-dimensional hierarchical Pt-Cu superstructures

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 832-838

  Nosheen, Farhat ^a   Zhang, Zhicheng ^a   Xiang, Guolei ^a   Xu, Biao ^a   Yang, Yong ^a   Saleem, Faisal ^a   Xu, Xiaobin ^a   Zhang, Jingchao ^a   Wang, Xun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alloy; electrocatalysis; hierarchical structures; noble metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925504160     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0565-1     Document Type: Article

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