Nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials as non-metal electrocatalysts for water oxidation

Yong Zhao; Ryuhei Nakamura; Kazuhide KAMIYA; Shuji Nakanishi; Kazuhito Hashimoto

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journal article Aug 27, 2013

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials as non-metal electrocatalysts for water oxidation

Yong Zhao

Ryuhei Nakamura

Kazuhide KAMIYA Shuji Nakanishi Kazuhito Hashimoto

Nature Communications Vol. 4 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Yong Zhao

Yunnan Investment Group (China)

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Ryuhei Nakamura

Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

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Kazuhide KAMIYA

Toyama prefectural University

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Yong Zhao, Ryuhei Nakamura, Kazuhide KAMIYA, et al. (2013). Nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials as non-metal electrocatalysts for water oxidation. Nature Communications, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3390

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials as non-metal electrocatalysts for water oxidation

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