Synthesis and characterization of ion implanted Pd/Ti/V/Pd/Ti based multilayer thin films using rutherford backscattering spectrometry (rbs) and elastic recoil detection analysis (erda) for hydrogen storage application
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mtshali, Christopher | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maebela, Nyabane Blessing | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-22T07:03:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-30T10:23:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-22T07:03:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-30T10:23:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | >Magister Scientiae - MSc | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Hydrogen is regarded as an attractive, pollution-free energy carrier for future energy systems, supported by its efficient energy conversion. Still, the challenge is its storage and transportation. Hydrogen can either be stored as a liquid in cryogenic tanks, gas in high-pressure cylinders or as a solid in metal hydrides. Metal hydrides are of research interest for hydrogen storage due to their higher energy density as compared to the gas- or liquid form and metal hydrides are also relatively safe. In this investigation, a Pd (25nm)/Ti (50nm)/V (50nm)/Pd (25nm) multilayer system was prepared on commercially available pure titanium (CP-Ti) substrates using an electron beam evaporator in order to investigate its viability for hydrogen storage. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16562 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Palladium | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrogen storage | en_US |
| dc.subject | Astronomy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vanadium | en_US |
| dc.title | Synthesis and characterization of ion implanted Pd/Ti/V/Pd/Ti based multilayer thin films using rutherford backscattering spectrometry (rbs) and elastic recoil detection analysis (erda) for hydrogen storage application | en_US |