Citation: | Tao Zhang, Hui-Feng Zhao, Ke-Yan Wang, Zhen-Jie Chen, Li Li, Jing Peng, Xu Peng, Yong-Jiang Huang, Hai-Bin Yu. Three factors make bulk high-entropy alloys as effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution[J]. Materials Futures, 2023, 2(4): 045101. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/aceef3 |
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