Aluminum hydride coated single-walled carbon nanotube as a hydrogen storage medium

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 370-375

  Iyakutti, K ^a,b   Kawazoe, Y ^a   Rajarajeswari, M ^b   Surya, V J ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum hydride; Binding energy; Carbon nanotube (CNT); Hydrogen storage material (HSM)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BOND LENGTH; CARBON NANOTUBES; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN; LIGHT METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STORAGE (MATERIALS);

ALUMINUM HYDRIDE; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HYDROGEN MOLECULES; HYDROGEN STORAGE MEDIUMS; METAL HYDRIDES; MOLECULAR ADSORPTIONS; STORAGE CAPACITIES;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 57949102369     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.09.086     Document Type: Article

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