Calcium-decorated graphene-based nanostructures for hydrogen storage.
We report a first-principles study of hydrogen storage media consisting of calcium atoms and graphene-based nanostructures. We find that Ca atoms prefer to be individually adsorbed on the zigzag edge of graphene with a Ca-Ca distance of 10 A without clustering of the Ca atoms, and up to six H(2) molecules can bind to a Ca atom with a binding energy of approximately 0.2 eV/H(2). A Ca-decorated zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) can reach the gravimetric capacity of approximately 5 wt % hydrogen. We also consider various edge geometries of the graphene for Ca dispersion.
Lee
Hoonkyung
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Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Ihm
Jisoon
J
Cohen
Marvin L
ML
Louie
Steven G
SG
D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
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