Nanoconfinement of borohydrides in CuS hollow nanospheres: A new strategy compared to carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 9339-9349

  Lai, Qiwen ^a   Christian, Meganne ^a   Aguey Zinsou, Kondo Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borohydrides; Hollow sphere; Hydrogen storage; Nanoconfinement; Reversibility

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NANOSPHERES;

BOROHYDRIDES; HOLLOW SPHERE; HYDROGEN DESORPTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; HYDROGEN STORAGE PROPERTIES; NANOCONFINEMENTS; OXYGEN CONTAINING GROUPS; REVERSIBILITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84901236951     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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