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Lilian Wang, Qi An, Xuelin Sheng, Zhiyuan Mei, Qi Jing, Xinyu Zhao, Qijun Xu, Lingyan Duan, Xiaoxiao Zou, Hong Guo
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Kankan Bu, Yikun Kang, Yefei Li, Yahong Zhang, Yi Tang, Zhen Huang, Wei Shen, Hualong Xu
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Zan Lavric, Janvit Terzan, Ana Kroflic, Janez Zavasnik, Joanna Elzbieta Olszowka, Stefan Vajda, Matej Hus, Miha Grilc, Blaz Likozar
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
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Yuvaraj Gangarajula, Feng Hong, Qinghe Li, Xunzhu Jiang, Wei Liu, Mohcin Akri, Yang Su, Yanjie Zhang, Lin Li, Botao Qiao
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Choe Earn Choong, Minhee Kim, Jun Sup Lim, Young June Hong, Geon Joon Lee, Keun Hwa Chae, In Wook Nah, Yeomin Yoon, Eun Ha Choi, Min Jang
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Lan Xiao, Yibin Wang, Tingzheng Fu, Qiusen Liu, Fei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Mian Li, Xiangjie Bo, Tingting Liu
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R. V. Kabilan, C. Arunagiri, S. Selvaraj, B. Yamini, C. Karnan
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Zhengkun Zhang, Jinya Li, Ruiyu Zhang, Xinyi Sun, Li Wang, Jinglai Zhang
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Fengyi Yang, Jiali Chen, Yuying Fu, Junwen Wang, Jinjian Liu
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