A regenerable oxide-based H 2 S adsorbent with nanofibrous morphology

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 810-815

  Behl, Mayank ^a   Yeom, Junghoon ^a   Lineberry, Quentin ^b   Jain, Prashant K ^a   Shannon, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; HYDROGEN FUELS; NANOFIBERS; REACTION RATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL CHANGE; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; NANO-STRUCTURED; RAPID REACTIONS; REACTIVE ADSORBENTS; REGENERATION CYCLES; REMOVAL CAPACITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

MORPHOLOGY;

ADSORBENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; SULFUR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS TRANSPORT; GRAIN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULPHIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84874655074     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.194     Document Type: Article

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