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Effect of Microwave Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets
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A nickel metal hydride battery for electric vehicles

S R Ovshinsky, M A Fetcenko, J Ross

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |April 9, 1993
    PubMed

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