Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation of hydrogen physisorption in single-walled boron nitride nanotubes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 15 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 3402-3405

  Cheng, Jinrong ^a   Zhang, Libo ^a,b   Ding, Rui ^a   Ding, Zhenfeng ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hefei College   (China)

Author keywords

Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation; Hydrogen storage; Physisorption; Single walled boron nitride nanotubes

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHYSISORPTION;

GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SINGLE-WALLED BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 35248868730     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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