MBenes-supported single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions by first-principles study and machine learning

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Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 3, Number 2, 2024 Special Topic: AI for Chemistry


Article Number		20230043
Number of page(s)		18
Section		Chemistry
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20230043
Published online		01 February 2024

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