The Quest for Sustainable Catalysis through Transition Metal Doped Carbon-based Single-Atom Catalysts
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Iranian Journal of Catalysis
Chamalki Madhusha
1
,
Madhavi de Silva
2
,
Imalka Munaweera
3
,
Chandani Perera
4
,
Nilwala Kottegoda
5
1 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
2 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.|Center for Advanced Materials Research (CAMR), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
3 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.|Instrument Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
4 - Department of Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
5 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.|Center for Advanced Materials Research (CAMR), Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Received: 2022-05-18
Accepted : 2022-08-27
Published : 2022-09-01
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