Aziridine-Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Robust and Versatile Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction

Giulia Tuci1, Lapo Luconi1, Andrea Rossin1

  • 1Institute of Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds, ICCOM-CNR and Consorzio INSTM , Via Madonna del Piano, 10, 50019 Sesto F.no, Florence, Italy.

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