Air-stable magnesium nanocomposites provide rapid and high-capacity hydrogen storage without using heavy-metal catalysts

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-290

  Jeon, Ki Joon ^a   Moon, Hoi Ri ^a,c   Ruminski, Anne M ^a   Jiang, Bin ^b   Kisielowski, Christian ^a   Bardhan, Rizia ^a   Urban, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILM THICKNESS; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAVY METALS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE;

CARBON BASED MATERIALS; HEAVY METAL CATALYSTS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; MAGNESIUM NANO-COMPOSITES; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; NANOPOROUS POLYMERS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STATE;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 79953065994     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2978     Document Type: Article

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