Micelle-Template Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Graphene as an Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Huang, Xiaodan ^a   Zhao, Yufei ^a   Ao, Zhimin ^a   Wang, Guoxiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84945395836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07557     Document Type: Article

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