• 文献标题:   First-principles vdW-DF study on the enhanced hydrogen storage capacity of Pt-adsorbed graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KHOSRAVI A, FEREIDOON A, AHANGARI MG, GANJI MD, EMAMI SN
  • 作者关键词:   ab initio calculation, adsorption, graphene, hydrogen, mechanical propertie, platinum
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING
  • ISSN:   1610-2940 EI 0948-5023
  • 通讯作者地址:   Islamic Azad Univ
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00894-014-2230-8
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Ab initio vdW calculations with the DFT level of theory were used to investigate hydrogen (H-2) adsorption on Pt-adsorbed graphene (Pt-graphene). We have explored the most energetically favorable sites for single Pt atom adsorption on the graphene surface. The interaction of H-2 with the energetically favorable Pt-graphene system was then investigated. We found that H-2 physisorbs on pristine graphene with a binding energy of -0.05 eV, while the binding energy is enhanced to -1.98 eV when H-2 binds Pt-adsorbed graphene. We also found that up to four H-2 molecules can be adsorbed on the Pt-graphene system with a -0.74 eV/H-2 binding energy. The effect of graphene layer stretching on the Pt-graphene capacity/ability for hydrogen adsorption was evaluated. Our results show that the number of H-2 molecules adsorbed on the Pt-graphene surface rises to six molecules with a binding energy of approximately -0.29 eV/H-2. Our first-principles results reveal that the Young's modulus was slightly decreased for Pt adsorption on the graphene layer. The first-principles calculated Young's modulus for the H-2-adsorbed Pt-graphene system demonstrates that hydrogen adsorption can dramatically increase the Young's modulus of such systems. As a result, hydrogen adsorption on the Pt-graphene system might enhance the substrate strength.