Chemically stable electrospun NiCu nanorods@carbon nanofibers for highly efficient dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 17715-17723

  Yousef, Ayman ^a,b   Barakat, Nasser A M ^a,c   El Newehy, Mohamed ^d   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Minia University   (Egypt)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Carbon nanofibers; Electrospinning; Hydrogen release; Nickel copper nanorods

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA BORANE; ARGON ATMOSPHERES; CARBON SHELLS; CATALYTIC MATERIALS; COPPER ACETATES; COPPER NANORODS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; HYDROGEN RELEASE; KEY OBJECTIVE; LOW COSTS; LOW-ACTIVATION ENERGY; NICKEL ACETATE; TEM-EDX; XRD;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMMONIA; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN; ORGANOMETALLICS; SINTERING; SOL-GELS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84868203006     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.038     Document Type: Article

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