Three-dimensional flower-like SnS2-supported bimetallic zeolite imidazole compound with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation

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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0200200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51272071, 51203045 and 21401049), and the Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau of China (Grant No. 2018010401011280).

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Wang, J., Yu, F., Guo, Z. et al. Three-dimensional flower-like SnS2-supported bimetallic zeolite imidazole compound with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation. Front. Mater. Sci. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-021-0542-z

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