Synthesis of novel hollow microflowers (NHMF) of Nb3O 7F, their optical and hydrogen storage properties

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13174-13179

  Idrees, Faryal ^a   Cao, Chuanbao ^a   Butt, Faheem K ^a   Tahir, Muhammad ^a   Shakir, Imran ^b   Rizwan, Muhammad ^a   Aslam, Imran ^a   Tanveer, M ^a   Ali, Zulfiqar ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen storage; Novel microflowers; Optical properties; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OSTWALD RIPENING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

CHARACTERISTIC BANDS; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; HYDROGEN ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE PROPERTIES; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MICROFLOWERS; UV-VIS-NIR ABSORPTION;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 84905904679     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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