Electrochemical behaviour of single walled carbon nanotubes - Hydrogen storage and hydrogen evolution reaction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8115-8126

  Fernandez P S ^a   Castro, E B ^a   Real, S G ^a   Martins, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Hydrogen electrode reaction; Hydrogen storage

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-TRANSFER REACTIONS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTRODE REACTIONS; ELECTROSORPTION; GALVANOSTATIC CHARGES; HYDROGEN ELECTRODE REACTION; HYDROGEN ELECTRODE REACTIONS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; POROUS STRUCTURES; RAMAN SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; ION EXCHANGE; METAL ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 70349192702     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.07.076     Document Type: Article

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