Nitrogen electrochemically reduced to ammonia with hematite: Density-functional insights

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 14317-14322

  Nguyen, Manh Thuong ^a   Seriani, Nicola ^a   Gebauer, Ralph ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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EID: 84930632109     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04308a     Document Type: Article

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