Core-shell Au@Pd nanoparticles with enhanced catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction via core-shell Au@Ag/Pd constructions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Dong ^a,b   Li, Chengyin ^a,b   Liu, Hui ^a   Ye, Feng ^a   Yang, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84935428703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11949     Document Type: Article

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