Microstructural and kinetic evolution of Fe doped MgH2 during H2 cycling

Catalysts

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-411

  Montone, Amelia ^a   Aurora, Annalisa ^a   Gattia, Daniele Mirabile ^a   Antisari, Marco Vittori ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ball milling; Cycling; Hydrogen storage; Magnesium; Nanocomposites; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882617124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal2030400     Document Type: Article

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