Stable calcium adsorbates on carbon nanostructures : Applications for high-capacity hydrogen storage
Stable calcium adsorbates on carbon nanostructures : Applications for high-capacity hydrogen storage
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.79.075431
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发表时间:
2009-02
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Xiaobao Yang;Ruiqin Q. Zhang;J. Ni
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作者:
Xiaobao Yang;Ruiqin Q. Zhang;J. Ni
We have investigated the stability of calcium adsorbates on carbon nanotubes and defective graphene using first-principles calculations. For ultranarrow carbon nanotubes, we find that the effect of chirality is more important to the adsorption as compared to the diameter. The binding energy for a calcium atom absorbed on the (5,0) tube is about 1.4 eV higher than that on the (3,3) tube. We also find that calcium atoms on the octagon defect of graphene are also stable. The binding energies of calcium adsorbates on narrow tubesand defective graphene are high, which indicates that the calcium monolayer should be stable without clustering. The results show that every calcium atom can uptake four to fiveand the hydrogen storage can reach.