A zinc nanoparticles-dispersed multi-scale web of carbon micro-nanofibers for hydrogen production step of ZnO/Zn water splitting thermochemical cycle

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1079-1090

  Bhaduri, Bhaskar ^a   Verma, Nishith ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Thermochemical cycle; Water splitting; Zn nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROLYSIS; LOADING; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; WATER SPLITTING; WATER-SPLITTING THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; ZN NANOPARTICLES;

ZINC;

EID: 84901639779     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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