Tailoring singlewalled carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3214-3223

  Haas, M K ^a   Zielinski, J M ^a   Dantsin, G ^a   Coe, C G ^a   Pez, G P ^a   Cooper, A C ^a  

^a AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; MICROPOROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE ADSORPTION APPARATUS; HYDROGEN ADSOPTION MEASUREMENTS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE CUTTING PROCESS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 30444432662     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2005.0398     Document Type: Article

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