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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 16 >Issue 1 >Page 237 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 237 (2024)
    Next-Generation Green Hydrogen: Progress and Perspective from Electricity, Catalyst to Electrolyte in Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
    Xueqing Gao, Yutong Chen, Yujun Wang, Luyao Zhao..., Xingyuan Zhao, Juan Du, Haixia Wu and Aibing Chen*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01424-2 Cite this Article
    Xueqing Gao, Yutong Chen, Yujun Wang, Luyao Zhao, Xingyuan Zhao, Juan Du, Haixia Wu, Aibing Chen. Next-Generation Green Hydrogen: Progress and Perspective from Electricity, Catalyst to Electrolyte in Electrocatalytic Water Splitting[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 237 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xueqing Gao, Yutong Chen, Yujun Wang, Luyao Zhao, Xingyuan Zhao, Juan Du, Haixia Wu, Aibing Chen. Next-Generation Green Hydrogen: Progress and Perspective from Electricity, Catalyst to Electrolyte in Electrocatalytic Water Splitting[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 237
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