Adsorption and dissociation of molecular hydrogen on the edges of graphene nanoribbons

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Bores, Cecilia ^a   Cabria, Iván ^a   Alonso, Julio A ^a   López, María J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hydrogen dissociation; Hydrogen storage; Ribbons; Theory, modeling, and simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBIDES; DISSOCIATION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NANORIBBONS; PORE PRESSURE; QUAY WALLS;

CARBIDE DERIVED CARBON; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL FORMALISM; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HYDROGEN DISSOCIATION; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; RIBBONS; THEORY, MODELING, AND SIMULATION;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; NANORIBBON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; DISPERSION; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84868320087     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1263-0     Document Type: Article

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