Hydrogen storage on nitrogen induced defects in palladium-decorated graphene: A first-principles study
Hydrogen storage on nitrogen induced defects in palladium-decorated graphene: A first-principles study
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DOI:
10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.12.080
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发表时间:
2014-02
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Ling Ma;Ling Ma;Jian-min Zhang;K. Xu
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作者:
Ling Ma;Ling Ma;Jian-min Zhang;K. Xu
The structure and hydrogen storage behavior of Pd-decorated nitrogen-doped graphene are investigated using the first principals based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Among the three types of defective structures, it is found that Pd-decorated graphene with pyridinic and pyrrolic N-doped defects are more stable and exhibit hydrogen uptake ability up to three H2per Pd atom. A single H2or two H2are molecularly chemisorbed on the Pd atom, where the stretched Hsingle bondH bond is relaxed but not dissociated. The binding mechanism of H2molecule is attributed to hybridization of the 4d orbitals of Pd with the σ orbitals of H2(so-called Kubas interaction). Out of two adsorbed H2, the first and second H2are still chemisorbed molecularly, the nature of bonding is very weak physisorption for the third adsorbed H2. Double-side Pd-decorated graphene with pyridinic and pyrrolic N defects can theoretically reach a gravimetric capacity of 1.99 wt.% hydrogen, which is very close to the recent experimental finding.