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11 - Application of Electrochemical Liquid Cells for Electrical Energy Storage and Conversion Studies

from Part II - Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2016

By
Raymond R. Unocic  and
Karren L. More
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Frances M. Ross
Frances M. Ross
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IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York
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Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy , pp. 237 - 257
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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