Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 81, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205406
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- Flemish Science Foundation (FWO)
- Belgian Science Policy (IAP)
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A high-capacity hydrogen storage medium-Al-adsorbed graphene-is proposed based on density-functional theory calculations. We find that a graphene layer with Al adsorbed on both sides can store hydrogen up to 13.79 wt % with average adsorption energy -0.193 eV/H-2. Its hydrogen storage capacity is in excess of 6 wt %, surpassing U. S. Department of Energy (DOE's) target. Based on the binding-energy criterion and molecular-dynamics calculations, we find that hydrogen storage can be recycled at near ambient conditions. This high-capacity hydrogen storage is due to the adsorbed Al atoms that act as bridges to link the electron clouds of the H-2 molecules and the graphene layer. As a consequence, a two-layer arrangement of H-2 molecules is formed on each side of the Al-adsorbed graphene layer. The H-2 concentration in the hydrogen storage medium can be measured by the change in the conductivity of the graphene layer.
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