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Al-doped B80 fullerene as a suitable candidate for H2, CH4, and CO2 adsorption for clean energy applications

Journal

JOURNAL OF SAUDI CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 49-57

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2017.07.001

Keywords

Al-doped B-80; DFT-D2; Gas adsorption; Electronic structure

Funding

  1. Canada Foundation for Innovation under Compute Canada
  2. Government of Ontario
  3. Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence
  4. University of Toronto
  5. Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University Council

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Dispersion-corrected density functional theory method was performed to report on a high-performance adsorbent for removal of CO2 from the precombustion and natural gases. At first, the effect of Al atom impurity on the structural and electronic properties of B-80 fullerene is studied. Then, the adsorption geometries and energies of gases (H-2, CH4, or CO2) on the B-80 and AlB79 (amphoteric adsorbents) are explored. The Al atom enhances reactivity of the cage toward the gases and the adsorption processes are more exothermic with low and high energy barriers for chemisorption of H-2 and CO2, respectively. Stable chemisorption of CO2 on the AlB79 is validated by the high adsorption energy and large charge transfer, while the CH4 is just physically adsorbed on the AlB79. Further, the physisorbed gases can enhance field emission current of the AlB79 and in the continuous capturing of the gases, the magnetic moment of the cage is quenched. Furthermore, dependency of the electronic structure of the adsorbent on the gas adsorption is intensively studied. We suggest that the AlB79 could be a promising material for capture, storage, and separation of the gases and as a novel material for sustainable energy and sweetening process in the petroleum industry. Crown Copyright (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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