Probing fluorination promoted sodiophilic sites with model systems of F16CuPc and CuPc

Yuan Liu; Xu Lian; Zhangdi Xie; Jinlin Yang; Yishui Ding; Wei Chen

doi:10.1007/s12200-022-00026-3

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