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The Influence of Reduced Graphene Oxide on the Texture and Chemistry of N,S-Doped Porous Carbon. Implications for Electrocatalytic and Energy Storage Applications

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Ordered mesoporous carbon fiber bundles with high-density and accessible Fe-NX active sites as efficient ORR catalysts for Zn-air batteries

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N, S co-doped hollow carbon nanocages confined Fe, Co bimetallic sites for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

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An optimized Zn-air battery using a polymer-blend anion transfer membrane and a biochar electrocatalyst

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Mesopore-dominated N, S co-doped carbon as advanced oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts for Zn-air battery

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Novel fluorinated MIL-88B assisted hydrogen-bonded organic framework derived high efficiency oxygen reduction catalyst in microbial fuel cell

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Highly effective porous graphitic carbon derived from bagasse as catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

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Engineering the electronic structure of Fe-N/C catalyst via fluorine self-doping for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction in liquid and all-solid-state Zn-air batteries

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Favorable pore size distribution of biomass-derived N, S dual-doped carbon materials for advanced oxygen reduction reaction

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