Morphology dependence of catalytic properties of Ni nanoparticles at the tips of carbon nanofibers for ammonia decomposition to generate hydrogen

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 20722-20730

  Ji, Jian ^a   Pham, Thanh Hai ^a   Duan, Xuezhi ^a   Qian, Gang ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Zhou, Xinggui ^a   Chen, De ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia decomposition; Carbon nanofibers; Hydrogen production; Ni catalyst; Shape effect

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; FORMATION MECHANISM; MATCHING DEGREE; NI CATALYSTS; NI NANOPARTICLES; SHAPE EFFECT;

NICKEL;

EID: 84919587078     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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