Ice crystals growth driving assembly of porous nitrogen-doped graphene for catalyzing oxygen reduction probed by in situ fluorescence electrochemistry

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jiong ^a   Wang, Huai Song ^a   Wang, Kang ^a   Wang, Feng Bin ^a   Xia, Xing Hua ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84929476802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06723     Document Type: Article

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