Journal
THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY ACCOUNTS
Volume 139, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-020-02680-2
Keywords
Circumcoronene; DFT; Graphene quantum dots; Electronic structure; Hydrogen storage; QTAIM analysis
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Funding
- Slovak Grant Agency APVV [APVV-15-0079, APVV-15-0053, APVV-19-0024, APVV-19-0087]
- Slovak Grant Agency VEGA [1/0139/20, 1/0466/18]
- European region development funds [26230120002]
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Hydrogen gas is a promising renewable energy source. The hydrogen storage performance of two differently modified graphene surfaces, particularly Cu-doped and Cu-decorated circumcoronene (CC), is investigated using density functional theory, 6-311G* basis set and Bader's quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM). It is found that the Cu-doped CC is able to bind three H(2)molecules on one Cu atom, while the Cu-decorated CC is able to bind up to five H(2)molecules on one Cu atom. Changes in the topology of charge density upon the H(2)adsorption are evaluated under the formalism of QTAIM analysis. The QTAIM analysis of bond critical points as well as the density of states analysis show that the interaction between Cu and adsorbed H(2)molecules can be considered as a physisorption (a van der Waals type interaction). Overall, the results presented in this study point out that the Cu-decorated graphene surfaces are more suitable potential candidates for hydrogen storage than the Cu-doped ones. Furthermore, the inclusion of diffuse functions in the basis set is critically considered.
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