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Tailoring singlewalled carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2005

M.K. Haas ,
J.M. Zielinski ,
G. Dantsin ,
C.G. Coe ,
G.P. Pez  and
A.C. Cooper
M.K. Haas
Affiliation:
Corporate Science and Technology Center and Corporate Research Services Department, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195
J.M. Zielinski
Affiliation:
Corporate Science and Technology Center and Corporate Research Services Department, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195
G. Dantsin
Affiliation:
Corporate Science and Technology Center and Corporate Research Services Department, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195
C.G. Coe
Affiliation:
Corporate Science and Technology Center and Corporate Research Services Department, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195
G.P. Pez
Affiliation:
Corporate Science and Technology Center and Corporate Research Services Department, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195
A.C. Cooper*
Affiliation:
Corporate Science and Technology Center and Corporate Research Services Department, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18195
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: cooperac@airproducts.com
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Abstract

Hydrogen isotherms on a variety of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) samples were measured using a differential pressure adsorption apparatus, which provides highly accurate data. A number of these SWNT samples were modified by a non-destructive cutting process, which reduced the aspect ratio of the nanotube bundles by two orders of magnitude. There were no apparent differences in the microporosity of SWNT as a function of aspect ratio. The adsorption of helium on SWNT is shown to be non-negligible and results in artificially low hydrogen capacities using conventional adsorption methodology. With no accounting for helium adsorption, the hydrogen adsorption results show that cut and uncut SWNT have similar hydrogen capacities of <1 wt% at 25 °C and pressures up to 110 bar. However, an analysis of hydrogen capacity versus N2 Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area suggests that there is an enhanced heat of adsorption of hydrogen for SWNT versus activated carbon.

Keywords

AdsorptionNanoscalePorosity
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Articles—Energy and The Environment Special Section
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 12 , December 2005 , pp. 3214 - 3223
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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