Hydrogen evolution on hydrophobic aligned carbon nanotube arrays

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3903-3908

  Misra, Abha ^a   Giri, Jyotsnendu ^b   Daraio, Chiara ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Hydrogen sorting; Hydrophobic carbon nanotubes; Water electrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTING SURFACES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; HYDROPHOBIC CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FUEL CELLS; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OXYGEN; WATER ABSORPTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; HYDROGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HYDROGEN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 73849088714     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900878d     Document Type: Article

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