Hydrogen storage in coiled carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1313-1320

  Gayathri, V ^a   Devi, N R ^a   Geetha, R ^a  

^a THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Coiled carbon nanotubes; Hydrogen storage

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ARM-CHAIR NANOTUBES; COILED CARBON NANOTUBE; COILED CARBON NANOTUBES; EXTERNAL SURFACES; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NANOTUBE SURFACE; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SINGLE MOLECULE; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE MEDIUM;

ADSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 74849111710     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.11.083     Document Type: Article

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