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Functional Carbon Materials Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks Mofs for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Coversion

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Khan, Inayat Ali

Supervisor

Amin Badshah

Program

PhD

Institute

Quaid-I-Azam University

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad.

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2017

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Chemistry

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/9949/1/Inayat%20Ali%20Khan_Chem_2017_QAU_Main%20part.pdf

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676726244772

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