H2与C,BN和GaN纳米管的相互作用势能

基于C,B,N和Ga与H原子间的L-J势函数,系统计算了H2处于(n,n)(n=8,10,12)单壁C,BN和GaN纳米管内部及外部不同处的势能.根据势能变化曲线,分析了3种纳米管氢物理吸附能力的差异,给出了H2在3种纳米管外部的势能表达式.研究结果表明:3种纳米管内部的氢吸附力均分别高于管外;随着纳米管直径的增加,各纳米管管内的氢吸附力均略有下降,而管外变化不明显;GaN,BN和C纳米管依次具有更好的储氢能力.     

氢在多壁碳纳米管上吸附行为研究

根据热力学平衡原理推导了通用吸附等温方程.通过比较氢在碳纳米管和炭狭缝孔上的高阶维里吸附系数，分析了77～297 K温度区间，温度、管径(孔宽)对碳纳米管、炭狭缝孔吸附空间储氢容量的影响，并由氢在石墨平面上的最大吸附容量计算了本次试验多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)在各平衡温度时的最大氢吸附容量.运用确定参数后的吸附等温方程，线性回归分析了氢在本次试验MWCNTs上的吸附数据.结果表明，在160～180 K温度区间，管内被吸附氢分子之间由于吸附受压产生的排斥能出现极大值；随着温度升高，氢分子之间以吸引力为主，提高氢气压力后才发生明显吸附.     

异型碳纳米管储氢性能的分子动力学模拟研究

采用分子动力学(MD)方法对三种理想的Y型碳纳米管[记为Y(4,4), Y(6,6), Y(10,0)]和三种L型碳纳米管[记为L(9,0), L(6,6), L(10,0)]之储氢性能进行了模拟研究, 并与相应的直线型碳纳米管的储氢能力进行了比较, 同时考察了温度、碳纳米管的直径和螺旋性以及缺陷的位置和大小对异型碳纳米管储氢性能的影响. 结果表明, 在室温和低温条件下, 异型碳纳米管的储氢量高于直线型碳纳米管的储氢量, 且其储氢量大小随温度的降低和碳管直径的增大而增加, 椅式碳纳米管的储氢性能优于齿式碳纳米管, 而缺陷的位置和大小对异型碳管之储氢性能的影响则因碳管的形貌和直径的大小不同而存在差异.     

单壁AlAs(111)纳米管结构和电子性质的密度泛函理论研究

通过卷曲立方AlAs(111)单层片(sheets)构造了一系列(n,0)和(n,m)一维单壁纳米管。用周期性密度泛函理论(DFT)计算并比较了不同类型AlAs纳米管在几何结构、能量及电子性质等方面的差别。计算结果表明锯齿型和椅型纳米管应变能均为负值,并随着管径变大而逐渐变小。然而,它们的带隙相当不同:椅型纳米管为间接带隙,随着管径的增大而带隙减小;锯齿型纳米管为直接带隙,管径为1.87 nm时存在着一个极大带隙值(2.11 eV)。这种不同主要源于锯齿型纳米管铝原子间3p轨道的耦合贡献。     

BN纳米管内含C纳米管——结构与电学性质

运用密度泛函理论的PW91/DNP方法对C(6,0)@BN(n,0)体系的结构与稳定性进行了研究, 发现最适合与C(6,0)纳米管形成的嵌套体系的锯齿型BN纳米管是BN(15,0)和BN(16,0), 在形成的C(6,0)@BN(15,0) 和 C(6,0)@BN(16,0)中, 碳壁与氮化硼壁之间的距离分别为0.36和0.40 nm. 在最稳定的C(6,0)@BN(16,0)体系中, 发现内层碳纳米管的电子结构并未受到外层氮化硼纳米管的影响, 然而氮化硼纳米管的能隙缩小了0.5 eV. 对C(6,0)@BN(16,0)的轨道分析表明, 碳纳米管与氮化硼纳米管之间的作用力为范德华力.     

定向多壁碳纳米管电化学储氢研究

利用恒流充放电、循环伏安曲线(CV)和电化学阻抗技术(EIS)等方法对定向多壁碳纳米管(AMWCNTs)储氢的电化学行为及其储氢机制进行了探讨.研究表明,定向AMWCNTs-Cu电极有较高的电化学储氢性能,其储氢容量在1500mA/g的电流密度下可以达到1162mA·h/g.定向AMWCNTs的电化学储氢能力强与其空间结构有关,而铜粉的加入有利于提高碳纳米管的电催化反应表面积和电极电化学反应活性,有利于氢在碳纳米管中扩散,从而提高了碳纳米管电极材料的储氢量.     

H2分子在碱金属掺杂碳纳米管上的吸附特性

采用密度泛函理论研究了H₂在碱金属(M=Li, K)掺杂的扶手椅型单壁碳纳米管上的吸附. 对于碱金属管内掺杂, 模拟了4种氢吸附构型; 对于管外掺杂, 考虑了两种吸附结构, 同时还考虑了两种不同的掺杂浓度. 所有吸附模型都进行了全优化. 计算结果表明, 碱金属掺杂后, 碱金属与碳纳米管之间发生电子授受作用使得碱金属带正电荷, 对于金属Li, 管内掺杂更有利于电子向碳纳米管转移; 与管内掺杂相比, Li原子的管外掺杂更有利于H2分子吸附. 碱金属管外掺杂的碳纳米管吸附H₂的最稳定结构, 存在碱金属原子与H₂分子的配位作用.     

碳纳米管和碳纳米管-四氢呋喃水合物的储氢特性

研究了单壁碳纳米管(SWNTs)干法储氢和碳纳米管(SWNTs)-四氢呋喃(THF)水合物法储氢的过程. 结果表明, 实验所用的SWNTs在16.5 MPa压力下, 温度为0.5 ℃时, 氢气的吸附存储量为0.75%(质量分数), 经浓酸处理后, 氢气的存储量可以达到1.15%, SWNTs-THF水合物法储氢量为0.37%, 与碳纳米管干法储氢相比, 储氢量有所降低.     

含羧酸镁(钙)官能团的多孔芳香骨架材料储氢性能的预测

用MP2方法,TZVPP基组以及基组重叠误差(BSSE)校正计算了氢分子与修饰在多孔芳香骨架(PAF)上的羧酸镁、羧酸钙官能团的相互作用,并建立了描述这一相互作用的分子力学力场.在此基础上用巨正则系综蒙特卡洛(GCMC)模拟预测了氢气在该种新型PAF材料上的吸附等温线.量子化学计算结果表明,每个羧酸镁、羧酸钙官能团分别可以提供13、14个氢分子吸附位点,与每个氢分子的平均结合能在8kJ·mol-1左右.通过比较不同温度和压力下材料的绝对吸附量和超额吸附量发现,在PAF骨架中引入羧酸镁、羧酸钙官能团可以显著提高材料的综合储氢性能,达到并超过了美国能源部提出的2015年储氢标准.同时该工作还揭示了氢吸附量与材料的表面积、空腔体积和分子作用强度间的复杂关系.     

二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜的超声辐射阳极氧化制备

通过使用铂片作为对电极在含有氢氟酸的二甲基亚砜溶液中, 将金属钛片进行阳极氧化的方法制备得到二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜. 在施加40 V偏压超声辐射作用下阳极氧化24 h条件下得到的二氧化钛纳米管长达到680 nm, 管内直径25 nm, 管壁厚度约3～5 nm. 采用了XRD和TEM等分析手段表征了二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜的微观结构和表面形貌, 分别测试了薄膜的光吸收性能、循环伏安特性和光化学转换效率, 并和碱性溶胶-凝胶方法制备的纳米晶二氧化钛薄膜作了对比研究. 实验制备的二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜电极的光吸收率比纳米晶二氧化钛薄膜提高了40%, 光电化学转换效率前者是后者的6倍, 实验结果表明二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜结构有利于加快电子的传输, 并能减少电荷复合, 采用这种二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜结构的染料敏化太阳能电池光电极有望进一步提高太阳能电池的效率. 本文还探讨了在超声波辐射作用下二氧化钛纳米管阵列薄膜的形成机理.     

Enhancement of hydrogen physisorption on graphene and carbon nanotubes by Li doping

Density-functional calculations of the adsorption of molecular hydrogen on a planar graphene layer and on the external surface of a (4,4) carbon nanotube, undoped and doped with lithium, have been carried out. Hydrogen molecules are physisorbed on pure graphene and on the nanotube with binding energies about 80-90 meV/molecule. However, the binding energies increase to 160-180 meV/molecule for many adsorption configurations of the molecule near a Li atom in the doped systems. A charge-density analysis shows that the origin of the increase in binding energy is the electronic charge transfer from the Li atom to graphene and the nanotube. The results support and explain qualitatively the enhancement of the hydrogen storage capacity observed in some experiments of hydrogen adsorption on carbon nanotubes doped with alkali atoms.     

Hydrogen adsorption on carbon-doped boron nitride nanotube

The adsorption of atomic and molecular hydrogen on carbon-doped boron nitride nanotubes is investigated within the ab initio density functional theory. The binding energy of adsorbed hydrogen on carbon-doped boron nitride nanotube is substantially increased when compared with hydrogen on nondoped nanotube. These results are in agreement with experimental results for boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) where dangling bonds are present. The atomic hydrogen makes a chemical covalent bond with carbon substitution, while a physisorption occurs for the molecular hydrogen. For the H(2) molecule adsorbed on the top of a carbon atom in a boron site (BNNT + C(B)-H(2)), a donor defect level is present, while for the H(2) molecule adsorbed on the top of a carbon atom in a nitrogen site (BNNT + C(N)-H(2)), an acceptor defect level is present. The binding energies of H(2) molecules absorbed on carbon-doped boron nitride nanotubes are in the optimal range to work as a hydrogen storage medium.     

Hydrogen adsorption in defected carbon nanotubes

Recently there has been lot of interest in the development of hydrogen storage in various systems for the large-scale application of fuel cells, mobiles and for automotive uses. Hectic materials research is going on throughout the world with various adsorption mechanisms to increase the storage capacity. It was observed that physisorption proves to be an effective way for this purpose. Some of the materials in this race include graphite, zeolite, carbon fibers and nanotubes. Among all these, the versatile material carbon nanotube (CNT) has a number of favorable points like porous nature, high surface area, hollowness, high stability and light weight, which facilitate the hydrogen adsorption in both outer and inner portions. In this work we have considered armchair (5,5), zig zag (10,0) and chiral tubes (8,2) and (6,4) with and without structural defects to study the physisorption of hydrogen on the surface of carbon nanotubes using DFT calculations. For two different H₂ configurations, adsorption binding energies are estimated both for defect free and defected carbon nanotubes. We could observe larger adsorption energies for the configuration in which the hydrogen molecular axis perpendicular to the hexagonal carbon ring than for parallel to C–C bond configuration corresponding to the defect free nanotubes. For defected tubes the adsorption energies are calculated for various configurations such as molecular axis perpendicular to a defect site octagon and parallel to C–C bond of octagon and another case where the axis perpendicular to hexagon in defected tube. The adsorption binding energy values are compared with defect free case. The results are discussed in detail for hydrogen storage applications.     

Adsorption of hydrogen molecules on the platinum-doped boron nitride nanotubes

Adsorption of hydrogen molecules on platinum-doped single-walled zigzag (8,0) boron nitride (BN) nanotube is investigated using the density-functional theory. The Pt atom tends to occupy the axial bridge site of the BN tube with the highest binding energy of -0.91 eV. Upon Pt doping, several occupied and unoccupied impurity states are induced, which reduces the band gap of the pristine BN nanotube. Upon hydrogen adsorption on Pt-doped BN nanotube, the first hydrogen molecule can be chemically adsorbed on the Pt-doped BN nanotube without crossing any energy barrier, whereas the second hydrogen molecule has to overcome a small energy barrier of 0.019 eV. At least up to two hydrogen molecules can be chemically adsorbed on a single Pt atom supported by the BN nanotube, with the average adsorption energy of -0.365 eV. Upon hydrogen adsorption on a Pt-dimer-doped BN nanotube, the formation of the Pt dimer not only weakens the interaction between the Pt cluster and the BN nanotube but also reduces the average adsorption energy of hydrogen molecules. These calculation results can be useful in the assessment of metal-doped BN nanotubes as potential hydrogen storage media.     

Enhancement of the electrochemical capacitance of TiO2 nanotube arrays through controlled phase transformation of anatase to rutile

Here, we report the fabrication of self-organized titania (TiO(2)) nanotube array supercapacitor electrodes through controlled phase transformation of TiO(2), with aerial capacitances as high as 2.6 mF cm(-2), which far exceeds the values so far reported in the literature. The role of phase transformation in the electrochemical charge-discharge behaviour of nanocrystalline TiO(2) nanotubes is investigated and discussed in detail. The ease of synthesis and the exceptional electrochemical properties make these nanotube arrays an alternative candidate for use in energy storage devices.     

Reversible storage of molecular hydrogen by sorption into multilayered TiO2 nanotubes

The sorption of hydrogen between the layers of the multilayered wall of nanotubular TiO2 was studied in the temperature range of -195 to 200 degrees C and at pressures of 0 to 6 bar. Hydrogen can intercalate between layers in the walls of TiO2 nanotubes forming host-guest compounds TiO2 x xH2, where x < or = 1.5 and decreases at higher temperatures. The rate of hydrogen incorporation increases with temperature and the characteristic time for hydrogen sorption in TiO2 nanotubes is several hours at 100 degrees C. The rate of intercalate formation is limited by the diffusion of molecular hydrogen inside the multilayered walls of the TiO2 nanotube. 1H NMR-MAS and XRD data confirm the incorporation of hydrogen between the layers in the walls of TiO2 nanotubes. The nature and possible applications of the observed intercalates are considered.     

Molecular dynamics simulations on the effects of diameter and chirality on hydrogen adsorption in single walled carbon nanotubes

We present systematic molecular dynamics simulation studies of hydrogen storage in single walled carbon nanotubes of various diameters and chiralities using a recently developed curvature-dependent force field. Our main objective is to address the following fundamental issues: 1. For a given H2 loading and nanotube type, what is the H2 distribution in the nanotube bundle? 2. For a given nanotube type, what is the maximal loading (H2 coverage)? 3. What is the diameter range and chirality for which H2 adsorption is most energetically favorable? Our simulation results suggest strong dependence of H2 adsorption energies on the nanotube diameter but less dependence on the chirality. Substantial lattice expansion upon H2 adsorption was found. The average adsorption energy increases with the lowering of nanotube diameter (higher curvature) and decreases with higher H2 loading. The calculated H2 vibrational power spectra and radial distribution functions indicate a strong attractive interaction between H2 and nanotube walls. The calculated diffusion coefficients are much higher than what has been reported for H2 in microporous materials such as zeolites, indicating that diffusivity does not present a problem for hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes.     

Kinetics of water filling the hydrophobic channels of narrow carbon nanotubes studied by molecular dynamics simulations

The kinetics of water filling narrow single-walled carbon nanotubes was studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The time required to fully fill a nanotube was linear with respect to the tube length. We observed that water molecules could enter into nanotubes of different lengths, either from one end or from both ends. The probability of having a nanotube filled completely from both ends increased exponentially with the tube length. For short tubes, filling usually proceeded from only one end. For long tubes, filling generally proceeded from both tube ends over three stages, i.e., filling from one end, filling from both ends, and filling from both ends with the dipole reorientation of water molecules to give a concerted ordering within the fully filled tube. The water molecules in the partially filled nanotube were hydrogen bonded similarly to those in the fully filled nanotube. Simulations for the reference Lennard-Jones fluid without hydrogen bonds were also performed and showed that the filling behavior of water molecules can be attributed to strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding.     

电化学阻抗谱法研究铈改性TiO2纳米管阵列光电极裂解水产氢动力学

通过阳极氧化法在纯钛板上制备TiO2纳米管阵列电极.在光电化学电解池阳极中加入供电子物质乙二醇,显著减小了TiO2纳米管的电荷传递阻抗,促进了光电催化裂解水产氢反应.采用阴极电沉积和阳极氧化法制备了单质铈和氧化铈共同改性的TiO2纳米管阵列半导体光阳极,其平带电位向电负方向移动.采用电化学阻抗谱法(EIS)对改性后TiO2纳米管阵列在光电催化裂解水产氢中的电子传输性能以及界面性质进行了表征,确定了各阻抗弧对应的电极过程.采用合理的等效电路模型计算了电极的电子传输动力学参数.结果表明,经铈改性后的TiO2纳米管阵列膜电阻明显减小,有利于氢气的产生.探讨了单质铈与氧化铈促进TiO2纳米管阵列电荷传输的作用机理.     

Derivated titanate nanotubes and their hydrogen storage properties

Titanate nanotubes and their derivates, Pd-loaded and Co²⁺, Zn²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Ag⁺ ion-exchanged titanate nanotubes, were respectively prepared and characterized by XRD, HR-TEM, and EDS. Their hydrogen storage properties were investigated, and the results revealed that the derivated titanate nanotubes had better hydrogen storage characters. Pd-loaded titanate nanotubes exhibited the highest hydrogen storage capacity of 1.03 wt%, which is three times higher than that of raw titanate nanotubes. The ion-exchanged titanate nanotubes also showed enhanced capacity. Especially, Co-TiNT reached a storage capacity of 0.80 wt%. The reason why hydrogen storage capacity was enhanced in titanate nanotubes was a pilot study. These results indicated that oxide nanotubes provided some new opportunities for hydrogen energy applications.