• 文献标题:   Ti-4-Decorated B/N-doped graphene as a high-capacity hydrogen storage material: a DFT study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   INTAYOT R, RUNGNIM C, NAMUANGRUK S, YODSIN N, JUNGSUTTIWONG S
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  • 出版物名称:   DALTON TRANSACTIONS
  • ISSN:   1477-9226 EI 1477-9234
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1039/d1dt01498f EA JUL 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The adsorption properties of the hydrogen atom on our newly designed materials were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, focusing on the role of dopants in modulating the binding properties of the metal. We proposed decorating Ti-4 on pristine, B- and N-doped graphene surfaces for preparing a large-capacity hydrogen-storage device. Computational results indicate that the doping of B on graphene enhances the interaction between the metal cluster and the supporting substrate with a very strong binding energy of -6.45 eV, which is the strongest interaction among our proposed catalysts. This binding energy prevents the aggregation and formation of Ti-metal clusters. Dissociative chemisorption of the first H-2 molecule occurs on all materials. Metal hydrides preferentially exhibit strong hybridization between the H-1s and Ti-3d orbitals. Furthermore, Ti-4 decorated B-graphene is the most effective, with a high capacity of hydrogen adsorption which could be released under practical conditions. We confirmed that eight H-2 molecules could stably adsorb on Ti-4/BGr with six reversible hydrogen adsorptions. Our proposed B-doped graphene-based material, Ti-4/BGr, offers high cluster-stability on the substrate with high-capacity hydrogen storage compared to various other surfaces in the previous work. Therefore, Ti-4 decorated B-graphene is a promising candidate material for use as a reversible hydrogen storage material.