Effect of atomic hydrogen adsorption on the transport characteristics of semiconducting carbon nanotubes

The effect of atomic hydrogen adsorption on the conduction and diffusion properties of carbon nanotubes of zigzag type in an external electric field is considered. The model of adsorption of atomic hydrogen on the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes of zigzag type is based on the single-impurity periodic Anderson model. The theoretical calculation of the diffusion coefficient and electrical conductivity of carbon nanotubes of zigzag type doped with hydrogen atoms is carried out in the relaxation time approximation. It has been revealed that the electrical conductivity and electron diffusion coefficient decrease with increasing concentration of adsorbed hydrogen atoms. It has been shown that the dependence of the electrical conductivity and the diffusion coefficient on the amplitude of the constant electric field at the constant concentration of hydrogen adatoms is nonlinear.     

Adsorption on the graphene surface of carbon nanotubes and their energy spectrum

The conditions of formation of local states in the energy spectra of semi-infinite carbon nanotubes with regularly arranged atoms adsorbed on the outer surface are studied in the π-electron approximation. The influence of the adsorption type (physical and chemical), the donor-acceptor properties of adsorbed atoms, their concentration on the graphene surface, and the nanotube diameter on the characteristics of the local states that arise is considered. It is shown that both physical and chemical adsorptions cause a decrease in the band gap separating the upper filled energy band and the lower vacant band. This effect can significantly change the electrical and optical properties of the nanotubes under consideration in comparison with the initial “pure” tubulene.     

碳纳米管负载矾的第一性原理研究

本文基于密度泛函第一性原理研究了原始和带有缺陷的(Stone-Wales缺陷和单空位缺陷)碳纳米管负载金属V的稳定构型.对于V吸附在原始碳纳米管(CNT)上时,V在内表面的吸附比外表面的吸附有更强的相互作用力,且六元环内表面结构最稳定.当V与Stone-Wales缺陷碳纳米管相互作用时,V原子易吸附在管外七元环C-C键的外表面和内表面处,这说明缺陷位置的有效结合使之局域化加强.而以单空位缺陷碳纳米管为载体时V最易吸附在外缺陷处,相当于碳纳米管的一个C被金属V原子取代,形成了3个V-C_(sur)键,这进一步表明SV管外吸附比管内吸附更容易.我们从上述三种构型载体中发现,金属V吸附在缺陷碳纳米管时的稳定性要优于原始碳纳米管,且SV缺陷对金属V的固定效果最好.     

The chiral effect of adsorption of univalent atoms and diatomic molecules on the surface of carbon nanotubes

Quantum-chemical semiempirical calculations were performed of the adsorption of fluorine and hydrogen atoms and molecules on the surface of single-layered carbon nanotubes with various diameters. Semiempirical quantum-chemical MNDO calculations were based on the model of a molecular cluster with boundary pseudoatoms. The energy characteristics of adsorption were determined. Changes in physical properties caused by the adsorption of atoms and diatomic molecules were analyzed.     

氢在多壁碳纳米管中的吸附储存

利用巨正则系综蒙特卡罗(GCMC)的方法模拟了氢在多壁碳纳米管中的吸附,氢气分子之间、氢气分子和碳原子之间的相互作用势能采用Lennard-Jones势能模型。模拟了不同结构参数(管内径、管壁数、管壁间距)的多壁碳纳米管在77K和298K下的吸附等温线,分析了多壁碳纳米管的管内径、管壁数以及管壁间距对吸附性能的影响。模拟结果表明:多壁碳纳米管的管壁数和管壁间距对吸附性能的影响较明显;管壁数越少,管壁间距越大,其吸附性能越好;多壁碳纳米管的管内径对其吸附性能的影响甚微。     

The effect of hydrogen and oxygen atoms on the adsorbed gallium inside defective carbon nanotubes

The adsorption of single gallium atoms on the inner walls of single-walled carbon nanotubes with hydrogen/oxygen-saturated monovacancies are studied by using the density functional theory method. When the monovacancy is saturated by the hydrogen or oxygen atom, the gallium atom prefers to adsorb on the top of the center of a pentagon ring, and the binding energy between the gallium atom and carbon nanotube is significantly lower as compared to the case with a pure monovacancy. In addition, the results of the density of states show that the states originating from the adsorbed gallium atoms shift toward lower energy when the carbon atoms with dangling bonds are saturated by hydrogen or oxygen atoms. Meanwhile, these states have no contribution to the states near the Fermi levels.     

Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption of atoms and molecules by carbon nanotubes

Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption of atoms and molecules by carbon nanotubes are investigated. Expressions are derived that can be used to perform calculations taking into account various external factors and interactions and, therefore, analyze both physical and chemical adsorption processes and determine its thermodynamic parameters. A mathematical model is developed that makes it possible to find parameters of desorption kinetics separately for molecules adsorbed at different locations and reduce possible systematic errors in analysis of experimental results. Theoretical models are validated by analyzing physical and chemical adsorption of hydrogen and physical adsorption of oxygen.     

First-principles study of palladium atom adsorption on the boron- or nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes

We have performed first-principles calculation to investigate the adsorption of a single palladium atom on the surface of the pristine and boron- or nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The results show that for the adsorption of a single palladium atom on the pristine CNT surface, the most stable site is Bridge1 site above the axial carbon–carbon bond. Either boron- or nitrogen-doped CNTs can assist palladium surface adsorption, but the detailed mechanisms are different. The enhanced palladium adsorption on boron-doped CNT is attributed to the palladium d orbital strongly hybridized with both boron p orbital and carbon p orbital. The enhancement in palladium adsorption on nitrogen-doped CNT results from activating the nitrogen-neighboring carbon atoms due to the large electron affinity of nitrogen. Furthermore, the axial bond is preferred over the zigzag bond for a palladium atom adsorbed on the surface of all three types of CNTs. The most energetically favorable site for a palladium atom adsorbed on three types of CNTs is above the axial boron–carbon bond in boron-doped CNT. The enhancement in palladium adsorption is more significant for the boron-doped CNT than it is for nitrogen-doped CNT with a similar configuration. So we conclude that accordingly, the preferred adsorption site is determined by the competition between the electron affinity of doped and adsorbed atoms and preferred degree of the axial bond over the zigzag bond.     

Anti-prismatic modifications of single-walled carbon nanotubes and their electronic properties: Regular adsorption of fluorine atoms on graphene surfaces of nanotubes

The regular adsorption of fluorine atoms on the surfaces of single-walled carbon nanotubes along their cylindrical axes leads to a modification of cylindrical carbon skeletons of these single-walled carbon nanotubes into carbon skeletons that have a nearly “anti-prismatic” shape (anti-prismatic modifications). In the faces of these modified single-walled carbon nanotubes, there can arise quasi-one-dimensional isolated carbon conjugated subsystems (tracks) with different structures. Model fragments of nanotubes of the (n, 0) type that contain up to 360 carbon atoms and their derivatives with regularly adsorbed fluorine atoms on the graphene surface have been calculated using the semiempirical PM3 method. It has been found that the main properties of the single-walled carbon nanotubes modified by the above method are determined by the character of the conjugation of the electrons in isolated carbon tracks, which is close to the character of the conjugation of the electrons in the initial single-walled carbon nanotubes.     

Hydrogen storage in different carbon materials: Influence of the porosity development by chemical activation

The hydrogen adsorption capacity of different types of carbon nanofibers (platelet, fishbone and ribbon) and amorphous carbon have been measured as a function of pressure and temperature. The results showed that the more graphitic carbon materials adsorbed less hydrogen than more amorphous materials. After a chemical activation process, the hydrogen storage capacities of the carbon materials increased markedly in comparison with the non-activated ones.BET surface area of amorphous carbon increased by a factor of 3.5 and the ultramicropore volume doubled, thus increasing the hydrogen adsorption by a factor of 2. However, BET surface area in platelet CNFs increased by a factor of 3 and the ultramicropore volume by a factor of 6, thus increasing the hydrogen storage by a factor of 4.5. The dependency of hydrogen storage capacity of carbon materials on the BET surface area was evaluated using both a condensation model and experimental results. Comparison of data suggests that the hydrogen adsorption capacity clearly depends on the pore structure and so, on the accessibility to the internal surface.     

基于芯-电子结合能偏移的碱金属中的表面、尺寸和热效应

还原氧化石墨烯是大规模生产石墨烯的前体;然而迄今为止,还原氧化石墨烯的电子结构还没有达成共识. 本文运用从头分子动力学方法研究羟基在石墨烯表面的吸附过程. 在吸附过程中,OH基团首先在位于两个碳原子桥位上方形成物理吸附络合物,然后翻越过渡态,最终被吸附在一个碳原子的顶位位点. 结果显示5×5石墨烯表面最多可以吸附6个羟基,表明石墨烯表面羟基的覆盖率约为12%. 计算结果还显示,负吸附能随着羟基吸附数目的增加而线性增加,带隙也随着羟基吸附数目的增加而线性增加.     

TiO2表面氧空位对NO分子吸附的作用

采用程序升温热脱附(TPD)实验方法测定了NO在TiO2表面吸附后的脱附谱，利用分子轨道理论研究了TiO2吸附NO的原子簇模型及吸附前后的原子簇能级变化．结果表明，NO在TiO2表面吸附后可在两个峰值温度450和980K脱附出N2．TiO2表面经预覆氧处理后，N2的脱附量降低．吸附时NO中的O能够占据TiO2表面氧空位并与N脱离，而N原子则相互结合成为N2脱附．分子轨道理论计算证明在TiO2(110)表面能够存在氧空位并具备吸附NO的结构条件．     

H2S在Fe(100)面吸附的第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论第一性原理, 在广义梯度近似下, 研究了表面覆盖度为0.25 ML (monolayer)时硫化氢分子在Fe(100)面吸附的结构和电子性质, 并与单个硫原子吸附结果进行了对比. 结果表明: 硫化氢分子吸附在B2位吸附能最小为-1.23 eV, 最稳定, B1位吸附能最大为-0.01 eV, 最不稳定; 并对硫化氢分子在B1位和B2位吸附后的电子态密度进行了分析, 也表明了吸附在B2位稳定, 且吸附在B2位后硫化氢分子几何结构变化不大; 将硫化氢中硫原子吸附与单个硫原子吸附的电子性质进行了比较, 发现前者吸附作用非常微弱; 同时对吸附后的Fe(100)面进行了对比, 单个硫原子吸附的Fe(100)面电子态密度出现了一系列峰值且离散分布, 生成了硫化亚铁, 表明在硫化氢环境下, 主要是硫化氢析出的硫原子发生了吸附. 关键词： 第一性原理 Fe(100)表面 吸附能 硫化氢     

Adsorption on the carbon nanotubes

Adsorption on single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is a subject of growing experimental and theoretical interest. The possible adsorbed patterns of atoms and molecules on the single-walled carbon nanotubes vary with the diameters and chirality of the tubes due to the confinement. The curvature of the carbon nanotube surface enlarges the distance of the adsorbate atoms and thus enhances the stability of high coverage structures of adsorbate. There exist two novel high-coverage stable structures of potassium adsorbed on SWCNTs, which are not stable on graphite. The electronic properties of SWCNTs can be modified by adsorbate atoms and metal-semiconductor and semiconductor-semi-conductor transitions can be achieved by the doping of alkali atoms.     

金刚石延(111)面生长的第一性原理研究

利用密度泛函理论(DFT)对碳原子在镍(111)表面吸附结构进行了计算，得到了吸附能以及态密度 (density of state, DOS)分布，分析了吸附在镍(111)面的碳原子和金刚石(111)面的碳原子的分波态密度(PDOS)，结果表明吸附在镍表面的碳原子具有与金刚石表面碳原子相类似的电子结构特点，即两者都存在孤对的和成键的sp³杂化电子,进而发现吸附在镍表面的碳原子极易与金刚石表面相互作用形成稳定的类金刚石几何结构. 关键词： 密度泛函理论 化学吸附 电子结构 金刚石生长     

Hydrogen insertion into Pd–Pt–Rh alloy limited volume electrodes (LVEs)☆☆Keynote Lecture.

Limited volume electrodes have been used to examine the processes of hydrogen electrosorption by Pd–Pt–Rh alloys under conditions of cyclic voltammetric (CV) experiments. Hydrogen adsorption and hydrogen absorption signals well separated from surface oxides generation and oxides reduction currents are seen on CV curves recorded in the full potential range. The possibility is demonstrated of simultaneous investigations of bulk processes of hydrogen insertion/removal and surface processes of carbon oxides adsorption. Due to different adsorption characteristics towards CO₂ exhibited by the alloy components hydrogen adsorption and hydrogen absorption signals can be distinguished. Adsorbed CO₂ causes partial blocking of hydrogen adsorbed on Pt and Rh surface atoms. The presence of adsorbed CO₂ on the electrode surface does not influence significantly hydrogen insertion into the alloy. CO adsorption results in a strong inhibition of hydrogen adsorption. Hydrogen insertion into the bulk is not totally blocked but proceeds much slower than in the absence of CO adsorbates.     

Effects of adsorbed carbon and oxygen on the chemisorption of H2 and Co on Mo(100)

The deposit of carbon and oxygen adatoms on Mo(100) was characterized by AES and LEED. Carbon was introduced by the thermal cracking of ethylene; several ordered structures were observed as a function of coverage with carbon atoms residing on four-fold sites. The Mo(100)—O system exhibited two different sequences of LEED patterns depending on the adsorption temperature of oxygen. The effects of adsorbed carbon and oxygen on the chemisorption properties of Mo(100) was investigated by FDS. The presence of either carbon or oxygen severely hindered the ability of Mo(100) to dissociatively adsorb hydrogen or carbon monoxide. The amount of CO dissociated was directly related to the available four-fold sites on the carbide surfaces. The molecular adsorption of CO was not significantly affected by the adlayers. It was found that one monolayer of adsorbed oxygen reduced the binding energy of molecular CO considerably more than the same amount of adsorbed carbon. A continuous shift in the binding energy of CO with the C/O ratio on the surface was observed.     

Role of adsorption on surface composition of Pd–Cu nanoparticles

Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation is used to study the role of adsorption of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon monoxide (CO) on the surface composition and surface bond geometry of Pd–Cu nanoparticles. For clean particles the surface is found to be enriched in Cu. But in the presence of adsorbed hydrogen and CO there is a segregation reversal from Cu segregation at low coverage to Pd segregation at high coverage. In the presence of adsorbed oxygen, on the contrary, the extent of Cu segregation increases with coverage. For a 586-atom nanoparticle with 50% Pd in the bulk the corner sites are found to be occupied by Cu atoms up to one monolayer adsorption. But, while the occupancy of 7, 8 and 9-coordinated sites by Cu atoms decreases with increase of H and CO coverage, for oxygen adsorption this occupancy increases with coverage. The relevance of such results in catalysis studies is discussed.     

Study of the peculiarities of atomic particle channeling in nanotube bundles by means of computer simulation

The channeling of hydrogen atoms in bundles of carbon nanotubes in the presence of vacancies on walls and adsorbed atoms inside the tubes is studied by means of computer simulation. A change in the parameters of the beam of channeling particles during interaction with the indicated defects makes it possible to detect the structural damage of nanotube bundles.     

Hydrogen adsorption on activated carbon nanotubes with an atomic-sized vanadium catalyst investigated by electrical resistance measurements

Activated multi-walled carbon nanotubes were prepared with appended vanadium as a hydrogen storage medium. The pore structure was significantly improved by an activation process that was studied using Raman spectroscopy, field emission transmission electron microscopy and pore analysis techniques. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction results reveal that the vanadium catalyst was introduced into the carbon nanotubes in controlled proportions, forming V₈C₇. The improved pore structure functioned as a path through the carbon nanotubes that encouraged hydrogen molecule adsorption, and the introduced vanadium catalyst led to high levels of hydrogen storage through the dissociation of hydrogen molecules via the spill-over phenomenon. The hydrogen storage behavior was investigated by electrical resistance measurements for the hydrogen adsorbed on a prepared sample. The proposed mechanism of hydrogen storage suggests that the vanadium catalyst increases not only the amount of hydrogen that is stored but also the speed at which it is stored. A hydrogen storage capacity of 2.26 wt.% was achieved with the activation effects and the vanadium catalyst at 30 °C and 10 MPa.