Three-dimensional flower-like SnS₂-supported bimetallic zeolite imidazole compound with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0200200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51272071, 51203045 and 21401049), and the Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau of China (Grant No. 2018010401011280).

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