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Fuel Cells, Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Kramm, U.I. (2014). Fuel Cells, Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_204

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