Calcium-decorated graphene-based nanostructures for hydrogen storage

Nano Lett. 2010 Mar 10;10(3):793-8. doi: 10.1021/nl902822s.

Abstract

We report a first-principles study of hydrogen storage media consisting of calcium atoms and graphene-based nanostructures. We find that Ca atoms prefer to be individually adsorbed on the zigzag edge of graphene with a Ca-Ca distance of 10 A without clustering of the Ca atoms, and up to six H(2) molecules can bind to a Ca atom with a binding energy of approximately 0.2 eV/H(2). A Ca-decorated zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) can reach the gravimetric capacity of approximately 5 wt % hydrogen. We also consider various edge geometries of the graphene for Ca dispersion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Calcium / chemistry*
  • Crystallization / methods
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen / isolation & purification*
  • Macromolecular Substances / chemistry
  • Materials Testing
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Particle Size
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Graphite
  • Hydrogen
  • Calcium