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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 16 >Issue 1 >Page 009 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 009 (2024)
    Oxygen-Coordinated Single Mn Sites for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia
    Shengbo Zhang1,2, Yuankang Zha1,2, Yixing Ye1,2, Ke Li3,*..., Yue Lin4, Lirong Zheng5, Guozhong Wang1,2, Yunxia Zhang1,2, Huajie Yin1,2, Tongfei Shi1,2,** and Haimin Zhang1,2,***|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
  • 2University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Agricultural Sensors, Ministry of Agriculture, School of Information and Computer, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
  • 5Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01217-z Cite this Article
    Shengbo Zhang, Yuankang Zha, Yixing Ye, Ke Li, Yue Lin, Lirong Zheng, Guozhong Wang, Yunxia Zhang, Huajie Yin, Tongfei Shi, Haimin Zhang. Oxygen-Coordinated Single Mn Sites for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 009 Copy Citation Text show less
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