Noble metal-free bifunctional oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction acidic media electro-catalysts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Patel, Prasad Prakash ^a   Datta, Moni Kanchan ^a   Velikokhatnyi, Oleg I ^a   Kuruba, Ramalinga ^a   Damodaran, Krishnan ^b   Jampani, Prashanth ^a   Gattu, Bharat ^a   Shanthi, Pavithra Murugavel ^a   Damle, Sameer S ^a   Kumta, Prashant N ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84977589185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28367     Document Type: Article

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