Electrochemistry of layered GaSe and GeS: Applications to ORR, OER and HER

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1699-1711

  Tan, Shu Min ^a   Chua, Chun Kiang ^a   Sedmidubský, David ^b   Sofer, Zdenek B ^b   Pumera, Martin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84954185344     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06682d     Document Type: Article

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