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Hydrogen storage capacity of Li-decorated borophene and pristine graphene slit pores: A combined ab initio and quantum-thermodynamic study

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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 562, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150019

Keywords

Hydrogen storage; 2D materials; Boron-based materials; Li-decorated materials; Statistical physics

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  1. Spanish MICINN [PGC2018-093745-B-I00]
  2. Junta de Castilla y Leon [VA124G18]
  3. University of Valladolid, Spain
  4. Xunta de Galicia [ED431E 2018/08, GRC ED431C 2016/001, GRC ED431C 2020/10]

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The study demonstrates that narrow Li-decorated slit pores in borophene have good volumetric hydrogen storage capacity at low temperatures, making them optimal for hydrogen storage in applications at low temperatures. Comparisons with corresponding results from pristine graphene slit pores were also conducted.
Among the two-dimensional materials of the post-graphene era, borophene has raised an enormous interest due to its unprecedented diversity of structures and the wide variety of potential applications, including its ability for hydrogen storage. In the present paper we use van der Waals-corrected density functional theory in conjunction with a quantum-thermodynamic model to investigate the hydrogen storage capacity of confining Li-decorated borophene sheets in its most stable Pmmn8 configuration. Our theoretical approach surpasses the standard density functional theory calculations only valid at zero temperature and no pressure, thus providing the gravimetric and volumetric capacities as well as the isotherms in real conditions. We show that narrow Lidecorated slit pores of borophene have a good volumetric hydrogen storage capacity particularly at low temperature. Accordingly, nanoporous boron frameworks could be optimal for hydrogen storage in applications at low temperature. We compare the results with those corresponding to pristine graphene slit pores.

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