journal article·2025-12

Surface-enabled catalytic pathways on Cu2O (100) during operando nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

Zhiwei Wang, Houhou Huang, Ahmad Ostovari Moghaddam, Evgeny A. Trofimov, Fu-Quan Bai

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