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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 15 >Issue 1 >Page 228 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 15, Issue 1, 228 (2023)
    Advances on Axial Coordination Design of Single-Atom Catalysts for Energy Electrocatalysis: A Review
    Linjie Zhang1, Na Jin1,2, Yibing Yang1, Xiao-Yong Miao3..., Hua Wang4, Jun Luo4,* and Lili Han1,**|Show fewer author(s)
    Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, People’s Republic of China
  • 2College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, People’s Republic of China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Electronics and Systems, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
  • 4ShenSi Lab, Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518110, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01196-1 Cite this Article
    Linjie Zhang, Na Jin, Yibing Yang, Xiao-Yong Miao, Hua Wang, Jun Luo, Lili Han. Advances on Axial Coordination Design of Single-Atom Catalysts for Energy Electrocatalysis: A Review[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 228 Copy Citation Text show less
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