Hydrogen adsorption and cohesive energy of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2307-2309

  Ye, Y ^a   Ahn, C C ^a   Witham, C ^a   Fultz, B ^a   Liu, J ^b   Rinzler, A G ^b,c   Colbert, D ^b   Smith, K A ^b   Smalley, R E ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBON; DESORPTION; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN FUELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COHESIVE ENERGY; HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0032622265     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123833     Document Type: Article

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