Electrospun nickel doped titanium dioxide nanofibers as an effective photocatalyst for the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10036-10045

  Nirmala, R ^a   Kim, Hak Yong ^a   Yi, Chuan ^b   Barakat, Nasser A M ^a   Navamathavan, R ^a   El Newehy, Mohamed ^c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Hubei Provincial Research Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Electrospinning; Hydrogen production; Nanofibers; Nickel; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IONS; AMMONIA BORANE; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; NI NANOPARTICLES; NI-DOPED; NOVEL MATERIALS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; RECOMBINATION RATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SMOOTH SURFACE; SUNLIGHT IRRADIATION; TIO; UNIFORM DIAMETER;

AMMONIA; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NICKEL; OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84862208175     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.164     Document Type: Article

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