One-dimensional manganese-cobalt oxide nanofibres as bi-functional cathode catalysts for rechargeable metal-air batteries

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jung, Kyu Nam ^a   Hwang, Soo Min ^b   Park, Min Sik ^c   Kim, Ki Jae ^c   Kim, Jae Geun ^c   Dou, Shi Xue ^b   Kim, Jung Ho ^b   Lee, Jong Won ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84938418463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07665     Document Type: Article

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