Valence band of catalyst doped sodium alanate by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1213-1218

  Wan, Chubin ^a   Ju, Xin ^a   Qi, Ying ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Wang, Shumao ^b   Liu, Xiaopeng ^b   Jiang, Lijun ^b   Shen, Jiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

Author keywords

DFT; Electronic band structure; Hydrogen absorbing material; Valence band; XPS

Indexed keywords

BALL-MILLED; DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HYDROGEN ABSORBING MATERIAL; METAL HYDRIDE SYSTEMS; ORBITALS; REHYDROGENATION; SODIUM ALANATES; VALENCE BAND ANALYSIS; XPS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VALENCE BANDS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 74849086256     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.11.061     Document Type: Article

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