单壁碳纳米管储氢的第一原理分子动力学模拟

本文用第一性原理平面波赝势方法模拟研究了手性单壁碳纳米管与氢分子的相互作用,考察了碳纳米管直径对储氢性能的影响.对单壁碳纳米管储氢的模拟结果表明:(1)物理吸附时,H2可以吸附在空腔内,也可以吸附在管与管之间的空隙中,纳米管内部的氢吸附力均高于管外,而“完好无损”的H2分子不能够穿过管壁而进入管内.(2)化学吸附时,碳纳米管对氢的吸附首先出现在管的边缘附近,碳纳米管局部会发生形变,SWCNTs的张力会随C-H键的增加而增大,系统不稳定.(3)随着直径的增加,纳米管内、外的氢吸附力差异减小.     

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。     

单壁碳纳米管储氢的第一原理分子动力学模拟

本文用第一性原理平面波赝势方法模拟研究了手性单壁碳纳米管与氢分子的相互作用,考察了碳纳米管直径对储氢性能的影响。对单壁碳纳米管储氢的模拟结果表明: (1)物理吸附时,H2可以吸附在空腔内,也可以吸附在管与管之间的空隙中,纳米管内部的氢吸附力均高于管外,而“完好无损”的H2分子不能够穿过管壁而进入管内。(2)化学吸附时,碳纳米管对氢的吸附首先出现在管的边缘附近,碳纳米管局部会发生形变,SWCNTs的张力会随C-H键的增加而增大,系统不稳定。（3）随着直径的增加,纳米管内、外的氢吸附力差异减小。     

结构与尺寸对碳纳米管物理吸附储氢的影响

采用巨正则蒙特卡罗方法,在298K和10MPa下,系统地研究了碳纳米管及其阵列的物理吸附储氢量与单壁管的管径、多壁管的层间距和管层数、单壁管阵列的管间距和排列方式的关系.发现单壁管的管径等于6nm时,管内的储氢密度达到最大;多壁管的层间距由034nm增大至061或088nm时,物理吸附储氢量明显增大;单壁管阵列的管间距等于17nm时,其管外间隙处的储氢密度达到最大,且方阵阵列优于三角阵列;当单壁管阵列的管间距大于06nm时,其管外的储氢密度均大于管内的储氢密度.指出合理地选择单壁管的管径、多壁管的层间距、单壁管阵列的管间距和排列方式,可以有效地提高碳纳米管及其阵列的物理吸附储氢量,并给出了相应的理论解释.     

BC3复合纳米管的储氢性能研究

采用巨正则蒙特卡罗方法(GCMC)研究了BC3复合纳米管的物理吸附储氢性能,获得了该纳米管在不同温度和压强下的吸附等温线,及其在不同条件下的物理储氢吸附量,并和相应的碳纳米管进行了对比研究.结果表明,BC3纳米管在所有条件下的储氢性能均优于相应的碳纳米管,因而它是一种比碳纳米管更强的氢存储介质,并从纳米管和H2分子以及H2分子和H2分子之间的平均总相互作用能的分布情况等因素出发解释了这两种纳米管有不同储氢行为的原因.     

单壁碳纳米管储氢研究

利用Gaussian03程序计算出C-H键的键能是1.88 eV,键长是0.113 nm.已知H-H键能是4.748 eV,键长是0.074 nm.显然,H-H键能大于C-H键的键能,所以在常温常压下碳纳米管储氢时,以物理吸附H_2分子为主,化学形式的C-H键吸附为辅.另外,利用LJ势能函数,计算了H_2分子在碳纳米管中C原子所成的六边形中心正上方、C原子正上方以及相邻两C原子中间正上方时H_2分子与碳纳米管之间的势能.得到无论H_2分子是被吸附到管内或管外,还是被吸附到中间区域或两端区域,都是H_2分子在C原子所成的六边形中心正上方时能量最低.当H_2分子被吸附到碳纳米管中间区域时,管内和管外的H_2分子距管壁的距离分别是0.320 nm和0.309 nm;而当H_2分子被吸附到碳纳米管两端区域时,这两个距离分别是0.324 nm和0.313 nm.     

相互作用势对模拟计算单壁碳纳米管物理吸附储氢的影响

采用巨正则Monte Carlo方法模拟氢分子在单壁碳纳米管中的储存与分布,重点研究了Lennard-Jones势、Crowell-Brown势和Silvera- Goldman势对模拟计算单壁碳纳米管物理吸附储氢的影响.计算结果显示,碳纳米管与氢分子间的相互作用宜采用Lennard-Jones势描述;氢分子与氢分子间相互作用的描述则与碳纳米管的管径有关,管径较小时选Lennard-Jones势较佳,管径偏大时取七参数Silvera-Goldman 势更为合理,而三参数Silvera-Goldman势则不宜采用;并给出了相应的理论解释.     

BC3复合纳米管的储氢性能研究

采用巨正则蒙特卡罗方法（GCMC）研究了BC3复合纳米管的物理吸附储氢性能,获得了该纳米管在不同温度和压强下的吸附等温线,及其在不同条件下的物理储氢吸附量,并和相应的碳纳米管进行了对比研究。结果表明,BC3纳米管在所有条件下的储氢性能均优于相应的碳纳米管,因而它是一种比碳纳米管更强的氢存储介质,并从纳米管和H2分子以及H2分子和H2分子之间的平均总相互作用能的分布情况等因素出发解释了这两种纳米管有不同储氢行为的原因。     

单壁碳纳米管储氢研究

摘要 利用Gaussian03程序计算出C-H键的键能是1.88eV，键长是0.113nm。已知H-H键能是4.748eV，键长是0.074nm。显然， H-H键能大于C-H键的键能，所以在常温常压下碳纳米管储氢时，以物理吸附H2分子为主，化学形式的C-H键吸附为辅。另外，利用LJ势能函数，计算了H2分子在碳纳米管中C原子所成的六边形中心正上方、C原子正上方以及相邻两C原子中间正上方时H2分子与碳纳米管之间的势能。得到无论管内、管外或者两端，都是H2分子在C原子所成的六边形中心正上方时能量最低。且在管内时H2分子距离管壁的距离是0.320nm，在管外时距离管壁的距离是0.309nm；在两端的管内时距离管壁的距离是0.324nm，在两端的管外时距离管壁的距离是0.313nm。     

氮化硼纳米管阵列储氢的计算机模拟

采用巨正则蒙特卡罗方法模拟常温、中等压强下单壁氮化硼纳米管阵列的物理吸附储氢,重点研究压强、纳米管阵列的管径和管间距对单壁氮化硼纳米管阵列物理吸附储氢的影响.计算结果表明,氮化硼纳米管阵列的储氢性能明显优于碳纳米管阵列,在常温和中等压强下的物理吸附储氢量(质量百分数)可以达到和超过美国能源部提出的商业标准.并给出相应的理论解释.     

范德华力对双壁碳纳米管轴向压缩屈曲行为的影响

使用分子动力学方法研究几种不同半径尺寸的单壁碳纳米管组成的双壁碳管，预测了其初始稳定构型；分析了其自由弛豫阶段的特征；并模拟了它们在轴向压缩载荷作用下的屈曲行为；研究了不同层间距导致的范德华力变化对屈曲行为的影响.采用Tersoff-Brenner势描述单壁碳纳米管内原子间作用，Lennard-Jones势描述内外层间的范德华相互作用.计算结果表明：在通常意义下的双壁管间距(约0.34 nm)外还可以存在稳定的双壁碳管构型，并且这些新的稳定构型表现出了不同的力学性质. 关键词： 双壁碳纳米管 分子动力学 屈曲     

Comparison of different types of polypyrimidine/CNTs/Pt hybrids in fuel cell catalysis

In this paper, we mainly studied the preparation of platinum-containing composite materials with carbon nanotubes wrapped by polypyrimidine-conjugated polymers and the performance of the composites. The polymer-based carbon nanotubes/Pt catalysts were prepared successfully and confirmed by infrared spectroscopy, XPS, XRD, and TEM images. The performance of polypyrimidine/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/Pt and polypyrimidine/double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs)/Pt was compared with the polypyrimidine/single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)/Pt. The amount of the loaded Pt on the polypyrimidine/MWCNTs and polypyrimidine/DWCNTs was calculated to be 50.5 wt% and 52.7 wt% respectively. The effective specific surface area of the polypyrimidine/MWCNTs/Pt (45.7 m²/g) and polypyrimidine/DWCNTs/Pt (42.47 m²/g) was observed by electrochemical cyclic voltammetry. These studies strongly imply that the MWCNTs were better candidates than DWCNTs and SWCNTs in the application of polypyrimidine/CNT materials as catalyst for fuel cells.     

Thermal conductivity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes:Molecular dynamics simulations

Heat conduction in single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs) has been investigated by using various methods, while less work has been focused on multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs). The thermal conductivities of the double-walled carbon nanotubes(DWCNTs) with two different temperature control methods are studied by using molecular dynamics(MD) simulations. One case is that the heat baths(HBs) are imposed only on the outer wall, while the other is that the HBs are imposed on both the two walls. The results show that the ratio of the thermal conductivity of DWCNTs in the first case to that in the second case is inversely proportional to the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the DWCNT to that of its outer wall. In order to interpret the results and explore the heat conduction mechanisms, the inter-wall thermal transport of DWCNTs is simulated. Analyses of the temperature profiles of a DWCNT and its two walls in the two cases and the interwall thermal resistance show that in the first case heat is almost transported only along the outer wall, while in the second case a DWCNT behaves like parallel heat transport channels in which heat is transported along each wall independently.This gives a good explanation of our results and presents the heat conduction mechanisms of MWCNTs.     

光谱法研究水溶性羧基化碳纳米管与人血清白蛋白的相互作用

纳米材料与蛋白质等生物大分子的相互作用是纳米材料生物效应和安全性研究的重要基础。本实验利用荧光光谱、同步荧光光谱、圆二色谱(CD)等方法研究了四种结构特性不同的水溶性羧基化碳纳米管(long-SWCNTs-COOH,short-SWCNTs-COOH,DWCNTs-COOH,MWCNTs-COOH)与人血清白蛋白(human serum albumin, HSA)的相互作用。实验结果显示：四种水溶性羧基碳纳米管均能猝灭HSA的内源荧光,但猝灭能力有所不同,相同浓度下不同水溶性羧基化碳纳米管对HSA的荧光猝灭作用遵循如下规律：DWCNTs-COOH＜MWCNTs-COOH＜long-SWCTs-COOH＜short-SWCNTs-COOH;四种碳纳米管对HSA的同步荧光光谱影响表明,MWCNTs-COOH的作用位点更靠近色氨酸(Trp)残基,而DWCNTs-COOH的作用位点更靠近酪氨酸(Tyr)残基,而long-SWCNTs-COOH和short-SWCNTs-COOH对两种氨基酸残基的作用无明显差别;在碳纳米管作用下,HSA 的圆二色谱有微弱的变化,且与α-螺旋、β-折叠含量变化基本一致。结果表明,不同碳纳米管对HSA的荧光猝灭能力与它们的结构特性有关,两者作用过程中HSA构象基本不变,二级结构有微小变化,但无明显的剂量-效应关系。根据实验结果对可能的作用机制进行了讨论。     

Vibrational analysis of double-walled carbon nanotubes with inner and outer nanotubes of different lengths

In this study, the Euler-Bernoulli beam model is used to analyze the resonant vibration of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) with inner and outer nanotubes of different lengths. The resonant properties of DWCNTs with different inner and outer nanotube lengths are investigated in detail using this theoretical approach. The resonant vibration is significantly affected by the vibrational modes of the DWCNTs, and by the lengths of the inner and outer nanotubes. For an inner or outer nanotube of constant length, the vibrational frequencies of the DWCNTs increase initially and then decrease as the length of another nanotube increases. A design for nanoelectromechanical devices that operate at various frequencies can be realized by controlling the length of the inner and outer nanotubes of DWCNTs. This investigation may be helpful in applications of carbon nanotubes such as high frequency oscillators, dynamic mechanical analysis and mechanical sensors.     

Thermal stability of catalytically grown multi-walled carbon nanotubes observed in transmission electron microscopy

The thermal stability of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was assessed in situ by transmission electron microscopy. Upon heating, Ni catalysts in MWCNTs containing bamboo structures shrank from the tail due to evaporation, leading to additional bamboo formation and tube elongation at 800°C, while the MWCNTs with FeSi catalysts remained intact up to 1050°C except for better crystallinity. The physisorbed carbon and/or hydrocarbon on surfaces and super-saturated carbon in the Ni catalysts should be responsible for the phenomena.     

炸药爆轰制备纳米石墨粉储放氢性能实验研究

介绍了一种新的制备纳米石墨粉的方法——炸药爆轰法.通过对爆轰合成的黑色粉末进行x射线衍射分析，确认其为六方结构的纳米石墨，平均晶粒度为1.86—2.61nm.用BET气体吸附仪测试纳米石墨粉的比表面积约为500—650m2/g，由比表面积计算得到的纳米石墨粒度为4.41—6.85nm.在室温（≈290K）和12MPa压力条件下对纳米石墨粉进行储放氢气性能测试，结果表明纳米石墨粉样品的储放氢量为0.33wt%—0.37wt％.在相同实验条件下，纳米石墨粉原始样品的储放氢能力较原始纳米炭纤维（0.15wt%—0.35wt％）和多壁碳纳米管（0.15wt%—0.20wt％）的储放氢能力略强,但低于超级活性炭（0.92wt%—0.98wt％）.纳米碳材料的比表面积在其储放氢实验中起关键作用. 关键词： 爆轰 纳米石墨粉 比表面积 储放氢量     

拉伸条件下双壁碳纳米管弹性性能的原子模拟

利用分子动力学方法，对双壁碳纳米管在拉伸条件下的弹性性能进行模拟，研究了直径在1 nm以上的4根双壁碳纳米管，模拟了它们的应力-应变关系以及泊松比.计算结果表明，在弹性范围内，双壁碳纳米管的应力与应变呈非线性关系，切线弹性模量大致从720 GPa减小至570 GPa，出现软化现象；随着拉伸应变的增大，泊松比从0.3变化到0.17，但结构尺寸对泊松比的影响不大. 关键词： 双壁碳纳米管 分子动力学 弹性模量 泊松比     

Hydrogen storage in BC3 composite single-walled nanotube:a combined density functional theory and Monte Carlo investigation

This paper applies a density functional theory(DFT) and grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations(GCMC) to investigate the physisorptions of molecular hydrogen in single-walled BC 3 nanotubes and carbon nanotubes.The DFT calculations may provide useful information about the nature of hydrogen adsorption and physisorption energies in selected adsorption sites of these two nanotubes.Furthermore,the GCMC simulations can reproduce their storage capacity by calculating the weight percentage of the adsorbed molecular hydrogen under different conditions.The present results have shown that with both computational methods,the hydrogen storage capacity of BC 3 nanotubes is superior to that of carbon nanotubes.The reasons causing different behaviour of hydrogen storage in these two nanotubes are explained by using their contour plots of electron density and charge-density difference.