Short-range order of low-coverage Ti/Al(111): Implications for hydrogen storage in complex metal hydrides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Muller, E ^a   Sutter, E ^a   Zahl, P ^a   Ciobanu, C V ^b   Sutter, P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation s Urban Water Infrastructure   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATIVE CHEMISORPTION; ENERGY BARRIER; NEXT-NEAREST-NEIGHBOR; SUBSTITUTIONAL SITES;

CHEMISORPTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN STORAGE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS;

TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34247250346     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2722197     Document Type: Article

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