Inhibition of CO poisoning on Pt catalyst coupled with the reduction of toxic hexavalent chromium in a dual-functional fuel cell

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chung, Dong Young ^a,b   Kim, Hyoung Il ^c   Chung, Young Hoon ^d   Lee, Myeong Jae ^a,b   Yoo, Sung Jong ^d   Bokare, Alok D ^c   Choi, Wonyong ^c   Sung, Yung Eun ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84946605510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07450     Document Type: Article

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