Nitrogen-doped graphene-supported transition-metals carbide electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Minghua ^a,b   Liu, Jilei ^b,c   Zhou, Weijiang ^d   Lin, Jianyi ^c   Shen, Zexiang ^b  

^a HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84930225843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10389     Document Type: Article

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