journal article·2025-11

Engineering MoS2/SiC interfaces for superior electrocatalytic oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions

Norah Salem Alsaiari, Iram Manzoor, Zobia Siddique, Zubaida fareed, Mohamed Ouladsmane, Maryum Naz, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Abdul Rasheed Rashid, Asmaa Benettayeb, Mika Sillanpaa

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