journal article·2026-03

DFT-screened transition-metal single atoms on Janus WSeTe: high-performance bifunctional ORR/OER electrocatalysts via structural asymmetry

Yu Jiang, Tian Tang, Junmei Du, Xin Wang, Chunsheng Guo, Yuxiang Ni, Yuanzheng Chen, Hongyan Wang

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