journal article·2026-05

Decoding active sites in metal-free N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction via in situ synchrotron near-ambient pressure XPS

Emilia Morallón, Gabriel Alemany-Molina, Samuli Urpelainen, Manoj Ghosalya, Andrey Shavorskiy, Samuel Calabuig-Mompó, Lidia García-Santos, Diego Cazorla-Amorós

Carbon· Volume 255
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