NER: Metal-Coated Boron-Nitride and Boron-Substituted C60 Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage

NER：用于储氢的金属涂层氮化硼和硼取代的 C60 纳米结构

• 批准号: 0707336
• 负责人: Purusottam Jena
• 金额: $ 13万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0707336&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NER; Metal; Coated; Boron; Nitride

The third most abundant element on earth and packing the highest heating value per unit mass of chemical fuels, hydrogen has the potential to meet the growing energy need of the world. The success of a hydrogen economy depends critically on our ability to synthesize materials that are cost effective, can store hydrogen with large gravimetric and volumetric density, and operate under ambient thermodynamic conditions. Unfortunately, among the numerous elements and compounds known to store hydrogen, none meets the above requirements. This proposal deals with state of the art theoretical calculations aimed at guiding experiments in the search and discovery of new hydrogen storage materials capable of meeting the industry requirements. The materials proposed for investigation are metal-coated Boron-Nitride nanostructures (cages and tubes) and boron substituted C60 fullerenes. The proposed theoretical work is coordinated with experimental efforts so that the predictions can be tested in the laboratory.

氢是地球上第三丰富的元素，每单位质量化学燃料的热值最高，有潜力满足世界日益增长的能源需求。氢经济的成功关键取决于我们合成具有成本效益的材料的能力，这些材料可以储存具有大重量和体积密度的氢，并在环境热力学条件下运行。不幸的是，在已知的储存氢的众多元素和化合物中，没有一种满足上述要求。该提案涉及最先进的理论计算，旨在指导能够满足工业要求的新型储氢材料的搜索和发现实验。建议用于调查的材料是金属涂覆的氮化硼纳米结构（笼和管）和硼取代的C60富勒烯。建议的理论工作与实验工作相协调，以便预测可以在实验室中进行测试。