DFT study of H2 adsorption on Pd-decorated single walled carbon nanotubes with C-vacancies

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10156-10164

  López Corral, Ignacio ^b   De Celis, Jorge ^a   Juan, Alfredo ^b   Irigoyen, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional Del sur e CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

C vacancies; Carbon nanotubes; DFT; Hydrogen storage; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NANOTUBES; PALLADIUM; YARN;

CARBON SURFACE; DEFECTIVE SITES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; DFT STUDY; PD NANO PARTICLE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84862171003     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.073     Document Type: Article

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