A Review of Recent Advances on the Effects of Microstructural Refinement and Nano-Catalytic Additives on the Hydrogen Storage Properties of Metal and Complex Hydrides
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Effects of Particle and Grain/Crystallite Size
2.1. MgH2
2.2. Complex Hydrides
3. The Effects of Catalytic Nano-Additives
3.1. Elemental Nanometric Metal Catalysts
3.1.1. MgH2
3.1.2. Complex Hydrides
3.2. Nanometric Metal Oxides in MgH2
3.3. Metal Halides Catalytic Precursors
3.3.1. MgH2
3.3.2. Complex Hydrides
4. Summary and Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Varin, R.A.; Zbroniec, L.; Polanski, M.; Bystrzycki, J. A Review of Recent Advances on the Effects of Microstructural Refinement and Nano-Catalytic Additives on the Hydrogen Storage Properties of Metal and Complex Hydrides. Energies 2011, 4, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/en4010001
Varin RA, Zbroniec L, Polanski M, Bystrzycki J. A Review of Recent Advances on the Effects of Microstructural Refinement and Nano-Catalytic Additives on the Hydrogen Storage Properties of Metal and Complex Hydrides. Energies. 2011; 4(1):1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/en4010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleVarin, Robert A., Leszek Zbroniec, Marek Polanski, and Jerzy Bystrzycki. 2011. "A Review of Recent Advances on the Effects of Microstructural Refinement and Nano-Catalytic Additives on the Hydrogen Storage Properties of Metal and Complex Hydrides" Energies 4, no. 1: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/en4010001