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International Journal of Electrochemistry
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 434186, 7 pages
A Graphite Oxide Paper Polymer Electrolyte for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Received 14 June 2011; Revised 12 August 2011; Accepted 12 August 2011
Academic Editor: Jiujun Zhang
Copyright © 2011 Ravi Kumar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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