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performed the analytics, M.N. was involved in discussions and contributed to the writing of
the paper, K.J. participated in discussions and contributed to the writing of the paper, H.J.
was involved in the development of the catalyst, A.E.S. performed electrochemical studies of
the catalyst and was involved in the catalyst development, J. Radnik did the XPS
experiments, M.M.P. performed the TEM experiments, J. Rabeah and A.B. were responsible
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