Greatly enhancing catalytic activity of graphene by doping the underlying metal substrate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Guo, Na ^a   Xi, Yongjie ^a   Liu, Shuanglong ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84936970716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12058     Document Type: Article

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