Nanosized tungsten carbide synthesized by a novel route at low temperature for high performance electrocatalysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yan, Zaoxue ^a   Cai, Mei ^b   Shen, Pei Kang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84936888811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01646     Document Type: Article

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