A grand canonical Monte Carlo study of hydrogen adsorption in carbon nanohorns and nanocones at 77 K

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2715-2724

  Gotzias, A ^a   Heiberg Andersen, H ^b   Kainourgiakis, M ^c   Steriotis, Th ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; APEX ANGLES; CARBON NANOHORN; CARBON NETWORK; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN INTERACTION; HYDROGEN MOLECULE; LENNARD JONES; NANO-CONES; NANO-SIZED; QUANTUM BEHAVIORS; SOLID ADSORBENTS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; MODEL STRUCTURES; NANOHORNS; SORPTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79953788470     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.02.062     Document Type: Article

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