Synthesis of ordered mesoporous CuO/CeO2 composite frameworks as anode catalysts for water oxidation

Nanomaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1971-1984

  Markoulaki, Vassiliki I ^a   Papadas, Ioannis T ^a   Kornarakis, Ioannis ^a   Armatas, Gerasimos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cerium oxide; Mesoporous materials; Nanocasting; Nanostructured; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947918627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano5041971     Document Type: Article

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