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Large cryogenic storage of hydrogen in carbon nanotubes at low pressures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

B. B. Pradhan ,
A. A. Harutyunyan ,
D. Stojkovic ,
J. J. Grossman ,
P. Zhang ,
M. M. Cole ,
V. Crespi ,
H. Goto ,
J. Fujiwara  and
P. P. Eklund
B. B. Pradhan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
A. A. Harutyunyan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
D. Stojkovic
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
J. J. Grossman
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550
P. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
M. M. Cole
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
V. Crespi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
H. Goto
Affiliation:
Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Wako Research Center, Saitama 351–0193, Japan
J. Fujiwara
Affiliation:
Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Wako Research Center, Saitama 351–0193, Japan
P. P. Eklund
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Abstract

We report up to 6 wt% storage of H2 at 2 atm and T = 77 K in processed bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes. The hydrogen storage isotherms are completely reversible; D2 isotherms confirmed this anomalous low-pressure adsorption and also revealed the effects of quantum mechanical zero point motion. We propose that our postsynthesis treatment of the sample improves access for hydrogen to the central pores within individual nanotubes and may also create a roughened tube surface with an increased binding energy for hydrogen. Such an enhancement may be needed to understand the strong adsorption at low pressure. We obtained an experimental isosteric heat qst = 125 ± 5 meV. Calculations are also presented that indicate disorder in the tube wall enhances the binding energy of H2.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 17 , Issue 9 , September 2002 , pp. 2209 - 2216
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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