Advanced thermopower wave in novel ZnO nanostructures/fuel composite

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 15575-15582

  Lee, Kang Yeol ^a   Hwang, Hayoung ^a   Choi, Wonjoon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

combustion; energy conversion; energy generation; exothermic chemical reaction; thermopower wave; zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUELS; GEOMETRY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT TRANSFER; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; VELOCITY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZINC OXIDE;

COMBUSTION VELOCITIES; ENERGY GENERATIONS; EXOTHERMIC CHEMICAL REACTION; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH OUTPUT VOLTAGE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WAVE PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84907856526     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504507w     Document Type: Article

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