Combustion-assisted hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for hydrogen generation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-211

  Shafirovich, Evgeny ^a   Diakov, Victor ^a   Varma, Arvind ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Borohydride; Combustion; Hydrogen storage; Hydrolysis; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PRECIOUS METALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BOROHYDRIDE; HYDROGEN STORAGE;

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 33846257211     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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