Facile precipitation synthesis and electrochemical evaluation of Zn2SnO4 nanostructure as a hydrogen storage material

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 12420-12429

  Masjedi Arani, Maryam ^a   Salavati Niasari, Masoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discharge capacity; Electron microscopy; Hydrogen storage; Mesoporous; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORAGE (MATERIALS); ZINC;

DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL EVALUATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; MESOPOROUS; PRECIPITATION SYNTHESIS;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 85016392149     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.03.055     Document Type: Article

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