期刊论文

Qian, Dong;Liu, JL;Waterhouse, GIN

英文

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

0888-5885

2023

62

29

11562-11572

10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01472

This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 51874359, 21171174, and 21505035), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2022JJ20084), and Research Faculty Startup Funding of Central South University (202045020). G.I.N.W. acknowledges funding support from the Royal Society Te Apa̅rangi (via award of a James Cook Research Fellowship), the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE, contract C05X2007, Aotearoa: Green Hydrogen Technology Platform), and a philanthropic donation from Greg and Kathryn Trounson.

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