Graphene oxide/metal nanocrystal multilaminates as the atomic limit for safe and selective hydrogen storage

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cho, Eun Seon ^a   Ruminski, Anne M ^a   Aloni, Shaul ^a   Liu, Yi Sheng ^a   Guo, Jinghua ^a   Urban, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCRYSTAL;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FUEL; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; DESORPTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GAS PERMEABILITY; KINETICS; MOISTURE; NANOENCAPSULATION; STORAGE;

EID: 84959110491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10804     Document Type: Article

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