Hydrogen storage on Ti decorated SiC nanostructures: A first principles study

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3733-3740

  Banerjee, Seemita ^a   Nigam, Sandeep ^a   Pillai, C G S ^a   Majumder, Chiranjib ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

DFT; Hydrogen storage; SiC nanostructure

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE BINDING ENERGY; C ATOMS; DFT; ENERGY WINDOWS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; HOLLOW SITES; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN MOLECULE; HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS; LOWEST ENERGY STRUCTURE; PLANAR SHEETS; PLANE WAVE; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; SI ATOMS; SIC NANOTUBES; TI ATOMS;

ADSORPTION; ATOMS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MOLECULES; NANOTUBES; SILICON CARBIDE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84856586793     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.05.078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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