Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6623, 1997, Pages 377-379

  Dillon, A C ^a   Jones, K M ^a   Bekkedahl, T A ^a   Kiang, C H ^b   Bethune, D S ^b   Heben, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TUBE;

EID: 0030946437     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386377a0     Document Type: Article

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