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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 15 >Issue 1 >Page 217 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 15, Issue 1, 217 (2023)
    Graphene Quantum Dot-Mediated Atom-Layer Semiconductor Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution
    Bingjie Hu1,†, Kai Huang2,†, Bijun Tang3, Zhendong Lei3,*..., Zeming Wang1, Huazhang Guo1, Cheng Lian2,**, Zheng Liu3,*** and Liang Wang1,3,****|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, BaoShan District, Shanghai 200444, People’s Republic of China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
  • 3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01182-7 Cite this Article
    Bingjie Hu, Kai Huang, Bijun Tang, Zhendong Lei, Zeming Wang, Huazhang Guo, Cheng Lian, Zheng Liu, Liang Wang. Graphene Quantum Dot-Mediated Atom-Layer Semiconductor Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 217 Copy Citation Text show less
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