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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 46, Issue 57, Pages 29348-29360Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.175
Keywords
Siligene; 2D materials; DFT; Hydrogen storage; Renewable; Alkali metals
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- multidisciplinary projects IPN-SIP [2020-2093, 2020-2106, 2020-2091]
- UNAM-PAPIIT [IN109320]
- DGTIC-UNAM [LANCAD-UNAM-DGTIC-180, LANCAD-UNAM-DGTIC-381]
- CONACYT
- BEIFI
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The study examines the hydrogen storage capacities of two-dimensional siligene functionalized with alkali metal and alkali-earth metal atoms using density functional theory calculations. The results indicate that decorated surface of siligene can adsorb more hydrogen molecules, potentially providing an efficient molecular hydrogen storage media.
In this work, the hydrogen storage capacities of two-dimensional siligene (2D-SiGe) functionalized with alkali metal (AM) and alkali-earth metal (AEM) atoms were studied using density functional theory calculations. One AM (Li, Na, K) or AEM (Be, Mg, Ca) atom was placed on the 2D-SiGe surface, and several H-2 molecules were placed in the vicinity of the adatom. The results demonstrate that the most favorable siligene site for the adsorption of Li, Na, K and Be atoms is the hollow site, while for the Mg and Ca atoms is the down site. The AM atoms are the only ones with considerable binding energies on the SiGe nano sheets. Pristine 2D-SiGe slightly adsorbs one H-2 molecule per hollow site and, therefore, it is not suitable for hydrogen storage. In some of the AM-and AEM-decorated 2D-SiGe, several hydrogen molecules can be physisorbed. In particular, the Na-, K-and Ca-functionalized 2D-SiGe can adsorb six hydrogen molecules, whereas Li and Mg atoms adsorbed three hydrogen molecules, and the Be adatom only adsorbed one hydrogen molecule. The complexes formed by hydrogen molecules adsorbed on the analyzed metal decorated 2D-SiGe are energetically stable, indicating that functionalized 2D-SiGe could be an efficient molecular hydrogen storage media. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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