Highly dispersed noble metal nanoparticle composites on biomass-derived carbon-based carriers: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic applications† † Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Additional PXRD patterns, FT-IR, XPS, SEM, EDS. See DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra03971h
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SUBMITTER: Ji Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11234501 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul
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