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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 40, Issue 29, Pages 8897-8902Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.041
Keywords
C3N4; Hydrogen storage; Complex hydrides; Hydrogen release
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- NSFC [21273118]
- MOE Innovation Team in China [IRT13022]
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The interaction between C3N4 and three kinds of complex hydrides, LiAlH4, LiBH4, and NaAlH4, was investigated through density functional theory (DFT) computations. The adsorption of LiAlH4, LiBH4, and NaAlH4 is much stronger on C3N4 than other traditional carbon materials, such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes. Such strong interaction causes the electron redistribution in complex hydrides, and destabilizes Al/B-H bonds indirectly, thereby reducing the hydrogen removal energy. Moreover, C3N4 provides a very suitable adsorption site for AlHx/BHx (x = 3, 2, 1) units by the bond formation between Al/B and N atoms after losing H atoms. For the first step of dehydrogenation, due to the presence of C3N4, the H-removal energies decrease significantly. In addition, the adsorption energy of H-2 molecule on C3N4 is so low that C3N4 would not capture the released H-2 from complex hydrides. Therefore, C3N4 is a potential catalyst for H-2 release from complex hydrides. Copyright (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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