journal article·2025-12

Theoretical insights into electrocatalytic urea synthesis on graphdiyne-supported transition metal-boron triatomic clusters

Zongpeng Ding, YuShan Pang, Aling Ma, Yukun Han, Zhenzhen Wang, Guohong Fan, Hong Xu

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