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Vol. 16, Issue 1, 108 (2024)

Ultra-Efficient and Cost-Effective Platinum Nanomembrane Electrocatalyst for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Xiang Gao^1,†, Shicheng Dai^1,2,3,†, Yun Teng^1,†, Qing Wang⁴..., Zhibo Zhang¹, Ziyin Yang¹, Minhyuk Park¹, Hang Wang¹, Zhe Jia⁵, Yunjiang Wang^2,3 and Yong Yang^1,6,*|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

²State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, People’s Republic of China

³School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

⁴Laboratory for Microstructures, Institute of Materials, Shanghai University Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

⁵School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University Nanjing, People’s Republic of China

⁶Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

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Xiang Gao, Shicheng Dai, Yun Teng, Qing Wang, Zhibo Zhang, Ziyin Yang, Minhyuk Park, Hang Wang, Zhe Jia, Yunjiang Wang, Yong Yang. Ultra-Efficient and Cost-Effective Platinum Nanomembrane Electrocatalyst for Sustainable Hydrogen Production[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 108 Copy Citation Text

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Xiang Gao, Shicheng Dai, Yun Teng, Qing Wang, Zhibo Zhang, Ziyin Yang, Minhyuk Park, Hang Wang, Zhe Jia, Yunjiang Wang, Yong Yang. Ultra-Efficient and Cost-Effective Platinum Nanomembrane Electrocatalyst for Sustainable Hydrogen Production[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 108

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