Synthesis of hollow carbon nano-onions and their use for electrochemical hydrogen storage

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3513-3521

  Zhang, Chenguang ^a,b   Li, Jiajun ^a   Liu, Enzuo ^a   He, Chunnian ^a   Shi, Chunsheng ^a   Du, Xiwen ^a   Hauge, Robert H ^b   Zhao, Naiqin ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY PARTICLES; CARBON ATOMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; CVD GROWTHS; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE; FENI ALLOYS; FUEL SOURCE; GRAPHITIC LAYERS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; NANO-ONIONS; STORAGE MEDIUM;

ALLOYS; CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GRAPHITIZATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; IRON ALLOYS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84861611644     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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