Synthesis of Ni/Graphene Nanocomposite for Hydrogen Storage

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 15232-15241

  Zhou, Chunyu ^a   Szpunar, Jerzy A ^a   Cui, Xiaoyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

composite; gravimetric density; hydrogen storage; interface; Ni graphene

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NICKEL;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; GRAPHENE SUBSTRATES; GRAVIMETRIC DENSITY; HYDROGEN CAPACITIES; HYDROGEN PRESSURES; HYDROGEN RELEASE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 84976423816     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02607     Document Type: Article

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