Nanomaterials for renewable hydrogen production, storage and utilization

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 522-534

  Mao, Samuel S ^a   Shen, Shaohua ^a,b   Guo, Liejin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Hydrogen production; Hydrogen storage; Nanomaterials; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY; FORCINGS; GROWING DEMAND; HYDROGEN UTILIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; STORAGE UTILIZATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84893755755     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: 17455391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2012.12.003     Document Type: Review

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