Lathapriya Vellingiri

SRM Institute of Science and Technology | SRM

Structural, spectral, morphological, thermal and hydrogen storage properties of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with SnO2 particles (MWCNT/SnO2) heat treated at 300, 350 and 400 °C in air were systematically investigated. X-ray diffraction from (110), (101) and (211) planes of SnO2, (002) plane of MWCNT and shift towards higher ang...

In this work, flower-like NiO was synthesized by facile hydrothermal method and LiBH4@NiO was prepared by simple wet ultrasonication method. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, high-resolution scanning electron microscope, high-resolution transmission electron microscope with energy...

Hydrogen, a green energy carrier with high energy density as compared to fossil fuels is one of the suitable alternative clean energies. For practical mobile applications, a compact, lightweight and inexpensive hydrogen storage material having fast adsorption and desorption kinetics in near ambient conditions is necessitated. Carbon nanostructure-b...

Lithium Borohydride (LiBH 4), from the family of complex hydrides has received much attention as a potential hydrogen storage material due to its high hydrogen energy densities in terms of weight (18.5 wt%) and volume (121 kg H 2 per mol). However, utilization of LiBH 4 as a hydrogen carrier in off-or on-board applications is hindered by its unfavo...

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) loaded with different wt % of tin oxide (MWCNT: SnO2) nanocomposites have been synthesized by impregnation method and their hydrogen uptake capacity is investigated. The hydrogen storage capacity of MWCNT: SnO2 (3 wt %), MWCNT: SnO2 (5 wt %), MWCNT: SnO2 (7 wt %) and MWCNT: SnO2 (9 wt %) composites is found to...