The secret behind the success of doping nickel oxyhydroxide with iron

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 7491-7497

  Fidelsky, Vicky ^a   Toroker, Maytal Caspary ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 85016077173     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08590c     Document Type: Article

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