Efficient H2 adsorption by nanopores of high-purity double-walled carbon nanotubes

Junichi Miyamoto; Yoshiyuki Hattori; Daisuke Noguchi; Hideki Tanaka; Tomonori Ohba; Shigenori Utsumi; Hirofumi Kanoh; Yoong Ahm Kim; Hiroyuki Muramatsu; Takuya Hayashi; Morinobu Endo; Katsumi Kaneko

doi:10.1021/ja064744+

Efficient H2 adsorption by nanopores of high-purity double-walled carbon nanotubes

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Oct 4;128(39):12636-7. doi: 10.1021/ja064744+.

Authors

Junichi Miyamoto¹, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Daisuke Noguchi, Hideki Tanaka, Tomonori Ohba, Shigenori Utsumi, Hirofumi Kanoh, Yoong Ahm Kim, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Takuya Hayashi, Morinobu Endo, Katsumi Kaneko

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan 263-8521.

PMID: 17002343
DOI: 10.1021/ja064744+

Abstract

DWNT buckypaper adsorbed much more hydrogen than did a SWNT bundle. XRD measurements and GCMC simulation results suggested that the DWNT bundle is loosely packed into an hexagonal array with interstitial pores which can efficiently adsorb H2 molecules.