Structural optimization of arranged carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage by grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 12398-12404

  Minami, Daiki ^a   Ohkubo, Takahiro ^b   Kuroda, Yasushige ^b   Sakai, Kenichi ^a   Sakai, Hideki ^a   Abe, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bundle structure; Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation; Hydrogen adsorption; Interstitial and internal pore; Single wall carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

BUNDLE STRUCTURES; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; INTERNAL PORES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 77958154017     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.08.082     Document Type: Article

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