Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117040
Keywords
Alloys; Boron and Nitrogen doping; Graphene; Room temperature hydrogen storage; DFT calculations
Funding
- DST-INSPIRE fellowship from DST, Government of India
- DRDO [ERIP/ER/RIC/2016/02/M/01/1680]
- Department of Science and Technology (DST) [SR/NM/NAT/02-2005]
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Experimental studies and DFT calculations were conducted to investigate the hydrogen storage properties of graphene supported MgNi alloy nanoparticles nanocomposites. The results showed a significant enhancement in hydrogen storage capacity, with DFT calculations shedding light on the underlying adsorption mechanism.
Experimental studies along with density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to probe and understand the hydrogen storage properties of graphene supported MgNi alloy nanoparticles nanocomposites. The main highlight of the present work is that nanostructuring and alloying of Mg with Ni and its dispersion on graphene (MgNi/G) & nitrogen/boron doped graphene (MgNi/NG, MgNi/BG) resulted in a substantial enhancement in the hydrogen storage capacity. The hydrogen storage capacity measured at room temperature and at 3 MPa pressure for MgNi/G, MgNi/BG and MgNi/NG are similar to 2.5 wt. %, 3.5 wt. % and 5.4 wt. % respectively. The large improvement in hydrogen storage capacity compared to the reported values of G (0.5 wt. %), BG (0.7 wt. %) and NG (0.9 wt. %) under the same experimental conditions is noteworthy. DFT calculations shed light on the adsorption mechanism underlying this enhanced hydrogen uptake capacity and corroborate the experimental results. (C) 2021 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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