Microstructural evolution during low temperature sorption cycling of Mg-AlTi multilayer nanocomposites

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4215-4226

  Zahiri, Ramin ^a,b   Zahiri, Beniamin ^a,b   Kubis, Alan ^a,b   Kalisvaart, Peter ^a,b   Shalchi Amirkhiz, Babak ^a,b   Mitlin, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation; Catalyst dispersion; Cycling stability; Magnesium hydride; Multilayers; Sputtering; Z contrast STEM

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION ISOTHERMS; COSPUTTERING; CYCLE NUMBER; CYCLING STABILITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNESIUM HYDRIDE; MG MATRIX; MULTILAYER COMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOMETRICS; PHYSICAL INTEGRITY; PURE MG; THICK LAYERS; Z-CONTRAST STEM;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COARSENING; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MAGNESIUM; SORPTION; SPUTTERING; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84856730806     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.113     Document Type: Article

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