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Engineering Co–N–C active sites with non-traditional nitrogen coordination to enhance oxygen electrocatalysis for liquid/flexible Zn–air batteries

Zhong Qi, Di Liu, Haoran Li, YuXia Wang, Huayi Li, Peng Pan, Jie He, Lingcheng Zheng, Hong Dong, Rui Zhang, Zhengchun Yang

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 60· Issue 12
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