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Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt3Co High-index Facets by Density Functional Theory

Lei LIU, Ruihua GUO, Li WANG, Yan WANG, Guofang ZHANG, Lili GUAN

Journal of Inorganic Materials· Volume 40· Issue 1

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