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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 418737, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/418737
Research Article
Polyol-Free Synthesis of Uniformly Dispersed Pt/Graphene Oxide Electrocatalyst by Sulfuric Acid Treatment
School of Chemical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehak-ro 102, Nam-gu, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea
Received 25 September 2012; Revised 26 November 2012; Accepted 10 December 2012
Academic Editor: Yongsheng Li
Copyright © 2012 Tae Kyu Lee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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