Effect of reaction temperature and catalyst type on the formation of boron nitride nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition and measurement of their hydrogen storage capacity

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 11341-11347

  Saner Okan, Burcu ^a   Kocabaş, Züleyha Özlem ^a   Nalbant Ergün, Asli ^a   Baysal, Mustafa ^a   Letofsky Papst, Ilse ^b   Yürüm, Yuda ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR; COMPLEX CATALYST SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; HYDROGEN UPTAKE CAPACITY; IRON-BASED; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOBIL COMPOSITION OF MATTERS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIDE PRODUCTS; THICK TUBES; THIN TUBES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NANOTUBES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAPORS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84865838629     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301605z     Document Type: Article

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