Single Pd atoms in activated carbon fibers and their contribution to hydrogen storage

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4050-4058

  Contescu, Cristian I ^a   Van Benthem, Klaus ^b   Li, Sa ^c   Bonifacio, Cecile S ^b   Pennycook, Stephen J ^a   Jena, Puru ^c   Gallego, Nidia C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION MEASUREMENT; CARBON MATRIX; CARBON PRECURSORS; CARBON SUPPORT; EXCESS HYDROGEN; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HYDRIDE FORMATION; HYDROGEN PHYSISORPTION; HYDROGEN SPILLOVER; HYDROGEN UPTAKE; ISOTROPIC PITCH; MICROPOROUS CARBONS; PD ATOMS; PD HYDRIDES; PD PARTICLE; PREMIXED; PRESSURE RANGES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEM IMAGES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATOMS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MICROPOROSITY; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHYSISORPTION; SPINNING (FIBERS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959967371     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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