Facile fabrication of mesoporous carbon nanofibers with unique hierarchical nanoarchitecture for electrochemical hydrogen storage

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7859-7867

  Xing, Yalan ^a,b,c   Fang, Baizeng ^b,c   Bonakdarpour, Arman ^b,c   Zhang, Shichao ^a   Wilkinson, David P ^a,b,c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Clean Energy Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrochemical hydrogen storage; Hierarchical porosity; Mesoporous carbon nanofiber; Nanostructured carbon

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC OXIDATION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SILICA;

DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL POROSITY; MESOPOROUS CARBON NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURED CARBONS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDES;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 84899983807     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.03.106     Document Type: Article

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