Surfactant-template preparation of polyaniline semi-tubes for oxygen reduction

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1202-1210

  Zhang, Shiming ^a   Chen, Shengli ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide; Micelle; Oxygen reduction reaction; Polyaniline; Semi tubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937393514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031202     Document Type: Article

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