Hydrogen Storage in Single-Walled and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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We performed density-functional calculations to search for adsorption sites and predict maximum hydrogen storage capacity in carbon nanotubes. Our calculations show that the storage capacity of hydrogen, limited by the repulsive forces between H2 molecules inside nanotubes, increases linearly with tube diameters in single-walled nanotubes, whereas this value is independent of tube diameters in multi-walled nanotubes. We predict that H storage capacity in (10,10) nanotubes can exceed 14 wt % (161 kg H2/m3).

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  1. Department of Semiconductor Science and Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Korea

    Seung Mi Lee & Young Hee Lee

  2. Fachbereich Physik, Theoretische Physik, Universitaet-GH Paderborn, 33095, Paderborn, Germany

    Thomas Frauenheim

  3. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Marcus Elstner

  4. Deparment of Physics, Wonkwang University, Iksan, 570-749, Korea

    Yong Gyoo Hwang

  5. Department of Physics and Semiconductor Physics Research Center, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, 561-756, Korea

    Young Hee Lee

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Lee, S.M., Frauenheim, T., Elstner, M. et al. Hydrogen Storage in Single-Walled and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. MRS Online Proceedings Library 593, 187–192 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-593-187

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