Formic Acid as a Hydrogen Energy Carrier

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 188-195

  Eppinger, Jörg ^a   Huang, Kuo Wei ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; HYDROGEN ENERGY; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LOW TOXICITY; ON POTENTIALS; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; VOLUMETRIC CAPACITY;

FORMIC ACID;

EID: 85018595787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00574     Document Type: Review

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