Electro-copolymerized film of ruthenium catalyst and redox mediator for electrocatalytic water oxidation
- Corresponding author: Kezhi WANG, kzwang@bnu.edu.cn Yuwu ZHONG, zhongyuwu@iccas.ac.cn
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Hao WANG, Kun TANG, Jiangyang SHAO, Kezhi WANG, Yuwu ZHONG. Electro-copolymerized film of ruthenium catalyst and redox mediator for electrocatalytic water oxidation[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
;2024, 40(11): 2193-2202.
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10.11862/CJIC.20240176
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