Hydrogen storage and PL properties of novel Cd/CdO shelled hollow microspheres prepared under NH3 gas environment

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2332-2336

  Khan, Waheed S ^a,b   Cao, Chuanbao ^a   Butt, Faheem K ^a   Ali, Zulfiqar ^a   Usman, Zahid ^a   Nabi, Ghulam ^a   Ihsan, Ayesha ^b   Rehman, Asma ^b   Hussain, Irshad ^c   Tanveer, M ^a   Hussain, Sajad ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^c LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen storage; Photoluminescence; Shelled hollow microspheres

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLOW OF GASES; HYDROGEN; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POWDER METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HORIZONTAL TUBE FURNACES; HYDROGEN ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN STORAGE RESEARCH; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 84874105790     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.121     Document Type: Article

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