Low temperature hydrogen desorption in MgAl thin films achieved by using a nanoscale Ta/Pd bilayer catalyst

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Fritzsche, Helmut ^a   Ophus, Colin ^b   Harrower, Chris T ^b   Luber, Erik ^b   Mitlin, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; DESORPTION KINETICS; HYDROGEN ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN DESORPTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO SCALE; NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PALLADIUM; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DESORPTION;

EID: 67649207999     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3154550     Document Type: Article

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