Hydrogen production by alcoholysis of sodium borohydride

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1889-1895

  Ramya, K ^a   Dhathathreyan, K S ^a   Sreenivas, J ^a   Kumar, S ^b   Narasimhan, S ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholysis; Hydrogen production; Kinetics; Sodium borohydride

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLYSIS; ALCOHOLYSIS REACTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; METAL BORIDE; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES; SOLUBLE METALS; SOLVENT CONCENTRATION; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

CATALYSTS; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROGEN; POWDER METALS; REACTION KINETICS; WATER RECYCLING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84886242158     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3006     Document Type: Article

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