Electric field enhanced hydrogen storage on polarizable materials substrates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2801-2806

  Zhou, J ^a,b   Wang, Q ^c   Sun, Q ^a,c   Jena, P ^c   Chen, X S ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Kinetics; Nanomaterials; Polarization; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON NITRIDE; HYDROGEN; METAL ION; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BORON COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77649248729     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905571107     Document Type: Article

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