Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Hydrogen in the Interlayer Pores of a Swelling 2:1 Clay by Neutron Scattering
Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Hydrogen in the Interlayer Pores of a Swelling 2:1 Clay by Neutron Scattering
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DOI:
10.1021/jp5082356
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发表时间:
2014-11-06
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3.7
通讯作者:
Youngs, Tristan G. A.
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Edge, Jacqueline S.;Skipper, Neal T.;Youngs, Tristan G. A.
Neutron scattering has been used to reveal the structure and dynamics of molecular H-2 physisorbed into the two-dimensional pores of sparingly hydrated Ca-laponite clay. Thermal pretreatment of the clay at 415 K under vacuum yielded an interlayer composition in the 1.01.5 water molecules per Ca2+ cation range and provided a vacant gallery height of 2.82 A. This value is very well matched to the diameter of molecular hydrogen and allows intercalation of H-2 up to the point where a liquid-like monolayer is formed within the clay. At a low coverage of 0.1 H-2 per cation the isosteric heat of adsorption is 9.2 kJmol(-1). Quasielastic neutron scattering experiments conducted at 40-100 K reveal two populations of H-2 within the clay. First, we find molecules that are localized close to the partially hydrated Ca2+ cations. Second, we identify a more mobile liquid-like population whose motion is captured by jump diffusion. At 40 K, the H-2 diffusion coefficient is 2.3 +/- 0.5 x 105 cm(2) s(-1). This is an order of magnitude slower than the value extrapolated from bulk liquid H-2.