A review of boron enhanced nanoporous carbons for hydrogen adsorption: Numerical perspective

Adsorption

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 413-421

  Kuchta, B ^a   Firlej, L ^b   Roszak, S ^c   Pfeifer, P ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Boron; Hydrogen; Micro pores

Indexed keywords

ADSORBING SURFACE; CARBON STRUCTURES; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; MICROPORES; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NANO-POROUS; NANOPOROUS CARBONS; NEW STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SUBSTITUTED CARBONS; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; POROUS MATERIALS;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 78649449432     PISSN: 09295607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10450-010-9235-0     Document Type: Article

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